In getting faster, the F1 championship leader has opened up a virtuous circle of improvement that enables him to go even quicker – and he has the right support network, too

For the first time since 1988, McLaren has a driver win three in a row with Oscar Piastri's win at the Miami Grand Prix. The last driver to do so for the British-based team was Ayrton Senna, the year that he and Alain Prost nearly swept the season in the famed MP4/4, dropping only one race to the Ferrari of Gerhard Berger.