Helmut Marko isn't giving Max Verstappen much of a chance of holding on to his lead in the drivers' championship if Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton uphold in the final three races of the season the supremacy they displayed in Brazil. Despite starting a lowly tenth in Sao Paulo, Hamilton was on it from the get-go, carving his way through the field and catching Verstappen, whom he overhauled with twelve laps to go. The straight-line speed of the Briton's Mercedes – especially relative to Red Bull's RB16B - was a hot topic all weekend in Brazil, and Marko fears that if Hamilton's dominant form persists in the final three races of the season, the title will elude Verstappen and Red Bull. Ahead...
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