Oscar Piastri has equalled Ayrton Senna's tally of eight consecutive F1 podiums following victory in the Spanish Grand Prix.
From pole position, Piastri dominated the race, only ceding position to Max Verstappen through the pit-stop cycles, and acing the late safety car restart.
Piastri's win, his fifth from the first nine races, extended his championship lead over Lando Norris to 10 points as his team-mate came home in second place.
The win was Piastri's eighth podium in nine races to start the season, following third places in Japan, at Imola and in Monaco. Only in his home Australian GP has he finished off the podium this season, coming home ninth following the rain chaos.
In doing so, Piastri has equalled McLaren's most successful champion Senna in scoring eight consecutive podiums.
Senna's run was between the 1988 Mexican and Belgian Grands Prix, taking in six wins and two second places.
His run came to an end at Monza, in the famous race where he collided with backmarker Jean-Louis Schlesser, denying McLaren a clean sweep of race wins.
However, it is not an all-time McLaren record.
That belongs to Lewis Hamilton who started his F1 career in 2007 with nine straight podiums from third on his debut in Australia to third at Silverstone. His run was ended with a ninth-place finish in the monsoon-conditions of the 2007 European Grand Prix.
Piastri can equal Hamilton and eclipse Senna next time out in Canada, a track expected to suit the McLaren.
The absolute all-time record for consecutive podiums is 19, held by Michael Schumacher for his run between the 2001 United States and 2002 Japanese Grands Prix, ending with a fourth place at the 2003 Australian GP.
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