Norris v Piastri battle is great box office for Formula One

And so, yet another dramatic twist in an increasingly gripping title fight has seen the once-trailing

Lando Norris rise to the occasion brilliantly in Mexico

to unseat his formerly unstoppable McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri from the lead in the points table that he has held since the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in April.

The script is now beginning to look even more preposterous than some of the more fanciful aspects of F1 The Movie.