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McLaren has gone from the very back of the Formula 1 pack to podiums, a sprint race win and looking like it really could be Red Bull's biggest threat with a remarkable mid-season development programme.
But to make that final step, it's got a problem to solve that it's now struggled with for several years - as our video explains:
Red Bull's regulatory angst and competitive paranoia seemed to reach a peak at Interlagos - before Max Verstappen's Sunday masterpiece drained the pressure in an instant
A Brazilian GP weekend of limited practice and brutal weather means there is a veritable chasm between the top of this F1 driver ranking and the bottom.
A ridiculously chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix featured an incredible performance from Max Verstappen and marked the likely end to Lando Norris’s Formula 1 title bid
It's not so long ago that Lewis Hamilton won two races in three. Now he finds himself on a "devastating" run of bad form, staring down the barrel of his worst championship finish in F1 - and just waiting for his final Mercedes season to end
Max Verstappen is potentially just one race away from a fourth Formula 1 world championship title. Here's how he can seal the crown at the Las Vegas Grand Prix
The Race F1 Podcast unpicks an incredibly eventful Brazilian Grand Prix weekend