LONDON – Red Bull went into Sunday’s French Grand Prix thinking it could win anywhere if it beat Mercedes at Le Castellet, and Max Verstappen’s victory has lifted the Formula One title battle to another level.
The 23-year-old Dutch driver, now 12 points clear at the top, is more than just a threat to Lewis Hamilton’s dream of eight titles.
For the first time in the 1.6 liter V6 turbo hybrid era that started in 2014, Honda-powered Red Bull has strung together three wins in a row and cracks are starting to appear in the mighty Mercedes machine.
Mercedes felt it was always going to struggle at Monaco and Baku, the two street circuits before France that did not really suit its c…
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