The stage has been set. The supporting roles on this yr’s drama have taken a step again, leaving the three Championship contenders to face off. Max Verstappen takes his eighth pole place of the season and has Lando Norris alongside, with Oscar Piastri behind. There’s a race to win – however larger points to think about as properly.
Is technique going to play a component? Virtually actually. We now have Verstappen and Piastri with nothing to lose and other ways of approaching this race. Doing regardless of the different man doesn’t is a time-honoured strategy to make issues occur when a Championship comes right down to the wire – and we’ve seen it occur right here earlier than.
What occurred final yr (and the yr earlier than that)?
The 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a fairly simple race when it comes to technique. The highest eight all did a one-stop, and 7 of these, together with the rostrum occasion, all went medium>exhausting.
