Max Verstappen and Lando Norris did little to enhance their reputations on Sunday when a calm and mostly assured drive by Oscar Piastri set an example and carried him to a controversial victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
On a day when teams' radio transmissions of dialogue with their drivers over-shadowed an intriguing race, the tetchy and sometimes outright rude behaviour of the two leading championship contenders set a dismal example.
It also offered evidence that both struggle to cope with the pressures of expectation as their teams, Red Bull and McLaren, vie for the constructors' championship.
Defending champions Red Bull hold a diminishing lead as their rivals reel them in.
AFP Sport looks at three things we learned from the weekend's drama at the Hungaroring