Welcome to Friday’s version of the RaceFans round-up.
Remark of the day
Stephen reckons Lando Norris’s engine mileage makes his championship lead extra susceptible than it appears:
Norris has the factors lead however he’s on the final of his permitted engine allocation and has been working that engine a superb few races. Piastri has been doing likewise however his present engine gained’t be as worn as Piastri solely did half a lap in Baku earlier than crashing and Verstappen has taken an engine penalty already. An engine failure for Norris in Qatar would put him up towards it.
Norris’s present engine has had 190 miles of stress at Baku that Piastri’s PU has not needed to endure. Verstappen has an engine benefit on each McLaren drivers. Had been Verstappen and Norris in a position to end one-two within the GP with Norris DNFing with an engine drawback within the grand prix that might relying on the dash may wipe out his factors lead in addition to that means a grid penalty for Abu Dhabi which might be an enormous blow to LN’s title hopes.Stephen Taylor
