Red Bull tackled the 2021 French Grand Prix thinking they could win anywhere if they beat Mercedes at Le Castellet, and Max Verstappen's victory has lifted the Formula 1 title battle to another dimension. The 23-year-old Dutch driver, now 12 points clear at the top, is more than just a threat to Lewis Hamilton's dream of eight titles. For the first time in the 1.6 litre V6 turbo hybrid era that started in 2014, Honda-powered Red Bull have strung together three wins in a row and cracks are starting to appear in the mighty Mercedes machine. Mercedes felt they were always going to struggle at Monaco and Baku, the two street circuits before France that did not really suit their car, but Le...
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