The scale of Red Bull’s advantage this season had Max Verstappen acknowledging in Jeddah that the world championship is unlikely to go to anyone other than himself or team-mate Sergio Pérez. Having finished second to Pérez in the race, essentially because he had to start 14 places behind him after a driveshaft failure in qualifying, Max was airing his dissatisfaction with the reliability, exactly because it could influence the title outcome.
Could Sergio Pérez, good driver though he is, seriously be considered Verstappen’s title rival? The chances of him outperforming Verstappen over a season have
