Formula 1 heads to Qatar for the first time with a critical question about this season’s thrilling World Championship battle waiting to be answered. Did Brazil change everything or was it simply another temporary twist in the struggle for supremacy between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton? A week is a long time in politics, as the old saying goes. These days, it is also true of F1, especially when races are being packed into the calendar on back-to-back weekends and with transcontinental journeys from one to the next. In Mexico, Red Bull were buzzing after a one-three finish that cut Mercedes’ lead in the Constructors’ Championship to a solitary point. But after a Friday and...
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