McLaren remains the team to beat in Formula 1, but Max Verstappen’s victorious drive for Red Bull at the Japanese Grand Prix Sunday proves only excellence is good enough. 2nd and 3rd placed Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri still have the fastest all-round car for McLaren on the F1 grid.

Max Verstappen is still certain McLaren has the fastest F1 car despite taking pole position and victory at the Japanese GP

McLaren boss admits there is ‘a lot of work to do’ to beat Max Verstappen in F1 title race - Max Verstappen finished ahead of the McLaren pair of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Japan