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In The Driver’s Seat
As good as Max Verstappen has been, his Red Bull team deserve the greater plaudits
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen (right) and team principal Christian Hornet celebrate after winning the constructors' championship with their engineers and staff.
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Whisper it, but the F1 teams really prefer the world constructors’ championship (WCC) to the world drivers’ championship.
There is reflected glory in the latter, but to many it is purely reflective of the driver, whereas the former acknowledges just what a huge team effort is required to field two cars for 23 races a season, and to keep developing them to the nth degree within the newly imposed US$135 million (S$184 million) limitations of the cost cap.
