THE EDITOR
“Some are starting to question Stroll Jnr’s commitment to Formula 1”
So the constructors’ title returns to Milton Keynes where it will take its place in Red Bull’s towering trophy cabinet that greets visitors to the team’s HQ. It has been richly deserved this season and by the time you read this it seems all but inevitable that it will have been joined by the drivers’ trophy too. Motor Sport offers its hearty congratulations to Max Verstappen and Christian Horner and the whole team: domination has rarely been so total. We also remember Dietrich Mateschitz, the architect of Red Bull Racing who died a year ago this month.
But while the title has been settled, the scrap for the remaining places is starting to heat up. And it is with this in mind that it’s worth rewinding to the beginning of September and the Italian GP, because it was at Monza that Aston Martin slipped from third in the constructors’ championship to fourth, having been overtaken by Ferrari. After Japan, where Lando Norris and the increasingly impressive Oscar Piastri claimed second and third respectively, that place now looks under threat from a resurgent McLaren. Aston Martin are now looking at the very real possibility of finishing the season in fifth.