In the Driver’s Seat
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.
PHOTO: AFP
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.