Zak Brown revels in McLaren's 2025 double, while insisting in that Oscar Piastri's day will come.

"Just amazing, that was an unbelievable race, edge of your seat stuff," said the American, who appeared to have been watching a different race to the overhyped, bore-fest the rest of us suffered.

"Charles was in our DRS, close call with Yuki," he continued. "Oscar drove brilliantly, Max is a machine, so to beat Max and an awesome team like Red Bull is such an accomplishment.

"Racing with Lando and Oscar, you couldn't ask for a better driver line-up," he added.

"The pit stops and then having to cover Leclerc, there's just so many things that can go wrong and everything went right," said Brown.

"You're always asked what's more important and I can tell you the stress and desire to win the Drivers' Championship was every bit as high," he replied referring to having secured the double. "It's so rewarding, I'm so happy for the team and both our drivers. I'm looking forward to coming back and racing next year."

Having been criticised for his less than sympathetic reaction to Oscar Piastri at race end, the American was keen to heap praise upon the Australian, insisting that he is a champion in the making.

"Oscar is going to be a world champion," he said. "I'm convinced he's going to be a world champion in a McLaren.

"While we got him a little bit later in his career, we still took a risk on both our drivers," he continued. "Both times they drove a Formula 1 car, it was a McLaren. For a big team to take a risk on young drivers feels very rewarding. To be able to have two number one drivers against all odds, all the noise that we've had for so long that it's impossible to do what we did, which is have two awesome racing drivers that won seven races each, that genuinely enjoy racing each other and are a treat to work with. They've never had an odd exchange between them.

"They've both been a little grumpy with Andrea and I from time to time," he admitted, "but I think that's good. We're pushing each other hard and it's just such an accomplishment. I'm very proud and looking forward to doing it again."

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1. Posted by ffracer, 38 minutes ago

"@Mallat - My kids and I are big McLaren supporters and Arrow McLaren Indycar fanatics. Zak Brown is the reason that this team has grown in precision and speed because of his ability to let the geniuses like Andrea work. He knows his limits and makes him fantastic. It is because of his respect for every member that has made it possible. His genuine respect and admiration for Max post race didn't go unnoticed either. Well done. He is a racers racer and now a World Champion.

It wasn't boring, it was nerve-wracking lol. Max did everything- EVERYTHING- and if there was an incident or a failure... thankfully, it was a storybook ending. Well done Zak , you have grown expedencially for many."

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2. Posted by mallat, 1 hour ago

"It may have been a bore-fest for you, but for us McLaren supporters, it was not."

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3. Posted by ffracer, 3 hours ago

"More like they got lucky. Whew and well done. So so happy for Lando and McLaren. Everyone worked so hard for this... and it almost wasn't. "

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