“The team have done an amazing job to put us in this fight. You’ve got to be there at the end to pick up the pieces and that’s where we were,” Russell said before stepping up to the top of the podium.

“We were only about 12 seconds behind and I knew it (the collision) was a possibility. You are always dreaming.”

Russell had started third, with Verstappen on pole and Norris alongside on the front row.

Both frontrunners suffered punctures, Norris limping back to the pits and retiring while Verstappen rejoined and finished fifth behind Mercedes’ seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.

Stewards handed the Dutch driver a 10-second penalty for causing the collision, but that made no difference to Verstappen’s result and he increased his championship advantage to 81 points over Norris.

Nico Hulkenberg was sixth for Haas, a major boost for that team, with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez seventh and Kevin Magnussen eighth for Haas. Daniel Ricciardo gave Red Bull two points in ninth and Pierre Gasly took the final point for Renault-owned Alpine.

Piastri will now turn attention to next Sunday’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, where he finished a career-best fourth last year.

“It’s not my home grand prix but McLaren’s – it was a place of good memories from last year,” he said. “Hopefully we can be at the front. I’m excited for what is to come.”

AAP, Reuters, AP