Despite taking points off the McLaren drivers for the third successive race, Max Verstappen downplayed his chances of winning the World title as he says Lando Norris was faster in Singapore, just the nature of the track allowed him to keep him behind him.

Scoring 68 in the three races, Verstappen has outscored both championship leader Oscar Piastri, who brought in just 27, and runner-up Norris, 45.

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His deficit to Piastri is down to 63 points , having been as high as 104 just four races ago after the Hungarian Grand Prix, while he sits 41 points behind Norris.

Red Bull’s recent gains, boosted by a new floor for the RB21 that the team introduced in Monza, have led to suggestions that the title race is no longer a McLaren-only battle, it’s now a

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