PremiumFor Max Verstappen and Red Bull, choice in Qatar was a no-brainer: ‘For the first time in my life I pray for Mercedes’

As far as we know, they don’t celebrate Sinterklaas in Qatar. But a few days before Christmas Eve, Max Verstappen and Red Bull gratefully unwrapped the present from a failing McLaren. “And a race like this shows that anything can happen,” said Verstappen, who still has to make up twelve points on Lando Norris during the unexpected final stretch of this season in Abu Dhabi.

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