Mark Webber, the former Red Bull F1 driver and Piastri’s manager, appeared on Sky Sports after the race to discuss his fellow Australian’s achievement. He used the word “confusing” to describe Piastri’s maiden win in Hungary, where a team orders call from McLaren put him back into the lead late on. This was anything but.

Oscar Piastri says the somewhat flexible rear wing on his Azerbaijan race-winning car is completely legal and is not some "magic bullet" that has given McLaren vehicles an 'unfair' advantage. Widely shared footage from the Aussie driver's win last week showed part of Piastri's rear wing flexing under the airflow at high speed,

Oscar Piastri’s bold move to overtake Lando Norris on lap one of the Italian GP cost the latter two positions, leading to widespread speculation on the McLaren team dynamics. However, Piastri’s brilliance was never under question and former Red Bull driver David Coulthard hailed Piastri for the same.