Although the chances are remote, Max Verstappen could revalidate his championship crown this weekend when there are still five Grands Prix to be played. For this, the Dutchman needs to win in Singapore with a fast lap and that Leclerc is at most eighth and Pérez fourth, or win without a fast lap and that the Monegasque is at most ninth and the Mexican fourth. A setback for the FIA, which revolutionized its regulations looking for more excitement and spectacle, trying to eliminate the obvious inequality on the grid and which can close the season five races earlier than expected. And just one year after one of the most even and exciting world championships in history, which was decided with an overtaking (aided by a controversial ‘Safety Car’) by the Red Bull driver over Lewis Hamilton on the last lap of the championship, in Abu Dhabi. The search for excitement and spectacle has been a constant since Liberty Media took over the rights to Formula 1 in 2016, from television broadcasting to the introduction of sprint races on Saturdays. For this season they wanted to loop the loop and the sporting, financial and technical regulations to increase competitiveness, encourage a greater spectacle with closer chases, generate more battles on the track, with more overtaking, and that the times in the different cars were more balanced. Related News Standard Motoring No Formula 1 takes a liking to the SD sprint | AFP The next edition of the F1 World Cup will use this form of classification in six grand prix instead of the current three. For this, modifications were made to the engines, wheels, suspensions and single-seaters, which have had simpler designs, with reforms to avoid the ‘dirty air’ that harms the rear vehicle, and to be able to incorporate the ‘ground effect’ again. All this has led to aerodynamic changes that should allow more overtaking. The limitation in the budget (145 million dollars) of all the teams and reducing costs by introducing common elements to all the teams was also foreseen as a key. Red Bull’s dictatorship This is how Alonso’s ‘plan’ was born, designed to become champion again two decades later aboard an Alpine and to which all these changes benefited him. All the teams started from scratch but the Red Bull engineers, with the famous Adrian Newey at the helm, have been the ones that have had the best ability to adapt to the new technical rules, which has been added to the reliability of their engine and its ability to adapt to different circuits. The rest of the teams, like Ferrari, have suffered numerous mechanical, human and strategic errors.
