Link: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/27/f1-title-run-in-who-will-win-the-drivers-championship-in-three-way-tussle

Ordinarily at this point in the Formula One season, form has been settled. This year, with four meetings remaining, the title run-in reaches its decisive phase with a three-way fight between the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri and the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. Divining the outcome is a decidedly tricky affair.

As recently as the Dutch GP in August it appeared a two-way battle between the McLaren drivers would decide it. However, with Red Bull managing to apply upgrades that have unlocked the performance of the RB21, the equation is far more complex. Their car can now be as good, if not better, than the McLaren but the margins are small and neither team can be entirely sure who will have the edge on a given weekend.

It makes for a fascinating finale, one made all the more intriguing by the human factor. Norris leads the championship by one point from Piastri, with Verstappen 36 points off the lead. Were the three protagonists on similar points it would be all but impossible not to back Verstappen’s experience and ruthless execution to see him through. As it is he still needs a little fortune in the form of DNFs or both McLarens having a terrible weekend.

In the absence of this, it is Norris who carries the experience over his teammate and has been on much better form in recent races, which has perhaps given him just enough momentum to edge him over the line.