There are 11 Grand Prix left to finish the season. A world. And here we must add that 4 of them are sprint weekends. Many points are at stake and after the superiority shown by McLaren in Hungary and Verstappen’s problems, The doubt arises: Is there a World Cup? And the answer seems to be yes.
From Miami, in the sixth race of the season, McLaren has accumulated 7 of the last 8 races in which it had one of the best cars or the best, fastest. The mistakes of the team and of Lando, who was not used to fighting at the top, took away many victories after succeeding in Miami and Max continued to expand his cushion.
But in Hungary, the English team finally managed to change the situation.
McLaren completed the double against a Verstappen who had to push to the limit to accelerate his Red Bull. He had to climb the walls and juggle the brakes and the front of the car to try to fight. But he couldn’t beat McLaren.
The theory says that Verstappen and his Red Bull should continue to fight for wins on tracks that are more favorable in Hungary and that the Hungaroring can be a strange weekend due to the characteristics of the circuit. But he also said that McLaren can win many races from Miami, always there except for Monaco, with a very fast and always car.
Therefore, it seems that Lando Norris’ title hopes are in his hands.
Although we must add to this the uncertainty associated with the evolution of cars. There is only half a season left and the 2025 cars will be evolutions of theseso the top teams will continue to evolve their current concepts between now and the end of the year.
The battle for the World Cup was not only fought on the track, but also and above all in the factories. Any tenths can help tip the balance.
There are points left and keep an eye on the machines
Verstappen maximized his results at the start of the season, taking advantage of the fact that he started with a better car and did the same, increasing his margin until arriving in Hungary with a worse car. But Norris managed to deduct points from him in Budapest. Now they are 76 apart, not enough for Max to trust.
For example, if Norris won all races on Sunday and Max was second, Lando would pass him (and the extra points for fastest lap and the 4 remaining sprints at Spa, Qatar, Austin at Interlagos are still at stake ).
Red Bull must improve
If Red Bull doesn’t improve, it could be a long end of the year for Max and he could suffer. Although it is clear that there will be many better tracks than Hungary for them.
And attention, because Max Verstappen reached the limit of engines of the year a few races ago and hopefully at Spa he will be able to set up a new one and have to penalize on the grid, with half a course to go, so obviously he has to penalize in other events.
Norris has to step up
For his part, Lando will have to take a decisive step forward if he is to fight for the title after making another mistake when starting from pole at the Hungaroring.
And as his team told him on the radio to let Piastri pass in Hungary, Lando will need his teammate Oscar to be more consistent with his results to try to take points from Max and leave the Verstappen, now outnumbered, in a two-on-one situation with Perez.
7 different winners
Who would have said this at the beginning of the year? There is a World Cup. And there is still half of the season left after the start of the season with up to 7 different winners in 13 races. Only Verstappen won. Now, he’s not the only one. There is a fight
Source: La Verdad
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