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McLaren rule out late-season F1 upgrade despite Max Verstappen threat
McLaren will stick to their F1 development plan despite Max Verstappen’s threat in the title race. Verstappen won his third race in four rounds at the United States Grand Prix. There are five races and two sprints left, with Verstappen trailing Oscar Piastri by 40 points. Lando Norris is now just 14 points behind Piastri, with Verstappen 26 points behind Norris going into Mexico. McLaren confirmed no new upgrades will be introduced in the final races. Andrea Stella stated there would be no new parts or upgrades for the rest of the season. Despite McLaren’s suboptimal weekend in Austin, Stella believes there was more performance they could have extracted from the car.
