McLaren’s desire to maintain parity between its drivers this year is in danger of costing both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri the chance of the title.

After having the first half of the season all to itself, McLaren’s confidence that no other team could close the gap is beginning to show signs of backfiring.

Did McLaren halt car development too soon?

With a controlled victory on race day in Austin, Max Verstappen has closed to just 40 points behind Oscar Piastri with five race weekends to go, having entered the event 63 points down on the Australian.

At a track where McLaren’s supposed tyre advantage was likely to re-emerge, given the high temperatures and abrasive surface, the weekend began badly with the unlucky circumstances of the first turn of the Sprint race, triggered by Piastri

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