Verstappen’s resurgence turns F1 title battle into three-way race

What looked like a two-horse race even two months back, the rules of the game has changed now. The resurgent Red Bull has dramatically changed the fate of the title race after a series of dominant performances by its stellar driver Max Verstappen.

- RUPAK SENGUPTA

The sudden loss of pace of the McLaren andthe Red Bulls carupgradation midway through the season has made their title chase suddenly look alive again. Though Verstappen is still 36 points behind the leader but anything is possible now. From two-horse race, itis now a three-horse race with Verstappen is very much in thetitle hunt along with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris of McLaren.

After the summer break it wasthesame dominant McLaren which took the victory at Netherlands and extended its lead over Verstappen which once considered as unassailable. But to the utter surprise of the experts and fans the next four races turned out to be a completely different ballgame for the title aspirants.