Formula One: How Max Verstappen fell out of the title race...but is now back in it!

Wednesday 3 December 2025 10:08, UK

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He struggled during the first half of the season but Max Verstappen has now significantly closed the gap on McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri as he bids to win a fifth successive world title.

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