DOHA: Max Verstappen is seeking a hat-trick of wins at the Qatar Grand Prix this weekend as this year’s Formula One world championship reaches boiling point in the Arabian Gulf.
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But he will know, better than most, that even with luck on his side he is unlikely to overhaul a 24-point deficit that separates him from McLaren’s Lando Norris as they approach the final two events of the season.
Despite being disqualified along with McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri, after finishing second at the Las Vegas Grand Prix last Sunday, Norris arrives in Qatar as favorite to lift his first title and clinch McLaren’s first team-and-driver double since Mika Hakkinen’s success in 1998.
The 26-year-old Briton needs only to hold his nerve and out-score his rivals by two points to leave Qatar as champion on Sunday night.
