McLaren remains the team to beat in Formula 1, but Max Verstappen’s victorious drive for Red Bull at the Japanese Grand Prix Sunday proves only excellence is good enough. 2nd and 3rd placed Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri still have the fastest all-round car for McLaren on the F1 grid.

The other teams to enact changes were Mercedes who made a last-minute amendment to Kimi Antonelli's car, Aston Martin for Lance Stroll, Haas who made adjustments to both their machinery and Sauber who made a change to Gabriel Bortoleto's car.

Piastri’s McLaren teammate Lando Norris remains the one to beat as far as the bookies are concerned and he’s already underlined his championship credentials with a win and a top-two finish so far. F1 betting sites make him no bigger than 8/1 to claim the title.