BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions following the Singapore Grand Prix.
McLaren's Lando Norris converted pole position to a race win in a dominant performance at the Singapore Grand Prix.
"Yeah, for sure," he said. "Of course, I wrote in the GPDA the ruling, and everyone was almost laughing like, 'What the hell is that?' basically. So, yeah, it is very, very silly." Others, though, while feeling the FIA has not handled this well at all, believe there is a time and a place for these things.
Many questioned why Ben Sulayem was wading into an area that, technically, has nothing to do with him - TV is the responsibility of the F1 commercial rights holder, Liberty Media. "I guess it help Max out by Abu Dhabi, so maybe there is a Christmas present coming if he wins by a point," he added.At McLaren, meanwhile, there was definite discontent. McLaren Racing chairman Zak Brown has been raising concerns about the relationship between Red Bull and their second team for some time, because of concerns it could be used to create an advantage for one or the other in some way.McLaren team principal Andrea Stella chose his words carefully after the race.
He added: "Look, this is a big matter. As soon as you involve sportsmanship, you need to approach this with a sense of responsibility that I want to have. This question is a reference to Alain Prost winning the 1986 title for McLaren while facing Williams drivers Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet, whose car was generally faster.Whether it is the only - or even the best example - of a driver outperforming his car's capabilities over a season is a different question.
For a start, the Red Bull was without doubt the fastest car - by a mile - over the first five races of the season. That was never the case for Prost nor Alonso. Since Hungary, though, McLaren have definitely had an advantage on balance. Their average qualifying advantage over Red Bull since then is 0.213secs. And over the course of the season, Red Bull's average advantage in qualifying is now down to 0.1secs.
Lots of "ifs" in that question, starting with whether Verstappen will leave Red Bull for Mercedes at the end of next season. Were Verstappen to go to Mercedes in 2026, obviously one of Russell or Antonelli would have to move on.
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