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A weekend of perfection for Max Verstappen around COTA keeps alive the amazing possibility of a title which looked lost long ago. A maximum tally of 33 points from the weekend, with McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri taking 18 and 10 respectively ratchets up the pressure further with five races (and two sprints) to go.  The pattern of the …

If the infamous internal ‘consequences’ McLaren has imposed upon Lando Norris for his Singapore contact with his team-mate is the timing of his final qualifying runs relative to Oscar Piastri, it just might have cost McLaren the sprint pole to Max Verstappen’s Red Bull here.  Red Bull – just as in Singapore – waited until the very last moment to …