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Originally Posted by NickyC
Pretty wild sprint race, McLaren are about to screw around too much and let Max back in this thing! I know it's only 8 points, but that's a lot with 6 races and 2 sprints still left to go. Hopefully Max can pick up even more points in tomorrow's race.
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Mind games envelope: can Piastri and Norris handle the high pressure ? Although, mathematically, Verstappen could still bridge the WDC gap, the WDC crown is normally for one of the McLaren drivers ...except if they'd throw it to the birds with a couple of DNFs or P11-P20 race finishes (USA, Mexico, Brazil, Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi) and P9-P20 Sprint finishes (Brazil and Qatar). Still 166 points up for grabs.
As shown today, getting pole is of supreme importance for several reasons: staying out of lap 1 sandwich woes.