The lost points that prove Verstappen's brutal McLaren claim right
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Max Verstappen reckons he's only part of F1's three-way title showdown because of McLaren's failures - and there's a painful number of lost points for Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to support Verstappen's claim he'd have been world champion long ago driving their car.
What has been a two-horse race between the McLaren drivers for so much of this season has been blown wide open by Verstappen's dogged resilience, Red Bull's revival in the final third of the championship - and, as Verstappen points out, a ton of errors from his opposition.
00:00 Verstappen's brutal claim
01:23 Who has really lost the most?
05:24 Max in a McLaren
08:01 But when?
Published: 2025-12-03 Chanel: THE RACE