Zak paints a vivid picture of title duel at McLaren

MCLAREN boss Zak Brown said he is "fully anticipating" that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will collide again this season as the intra-team tension intensifies to be crowned champion of the world.

- By PHILIP DUNCAN

Norris heads into Formula One's summer break just nine points behind Piastri in the standings following his third win from his last four appearances at Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.

Piastri came close to taking Norris out on the penultimate lap as they duelled for the win. There was a similar narrow escape between the McLaren drivers at the Red Bull Ring in June, a fortnight after Norris ran into the back of Piastri in Canada.

"There is competitiveness brewing but we are not feeling any tension," insisted Brown.