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McLaren need a strategy relook with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the rampage

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Max Verstappen celebrating with the Red Bull team after the Dutchman won the Formula One United States Grand Prix on Oct 19.

Max Verstappen celebrating with the Red Bull team after the Dutchman won the Formula One United States Grand Prix on Oct 19.

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Does Max Verstappen’s late-season rampage mean that McLaren’s hope of adding their first world championship for drivers since Lewis Hamilton’s 2008 title may now be destined to fail?

Well, consider this: In the last five race weekends, he and the once-recalcitrant Red Bull RB21 have scored 119 points. Lando Norris’ score in the once-omnipotent McLaren MCL39 is 57, Oscar Piastri’s 62.

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