Anatomy of a Championship-Winning Season
If you want a clean mental model for a title fight, start here: a championship is less about peak performance and more about minimising unforced point loss across a calendar that changes surface, temperature, wind, tyre compounds, and sprint format. 2025 ended with Norris on 423, Verstappen on 421, and Oscar Piastri on 410, while McLaren locked the Constructors’ on 833 points ahead of Mercedes (469) and Red Bull (451). That isn’t just trivia; it’s the shape of the season. When the top two are separated by two points, every slow out-lap, every scruffy restart, every unnecessary five-second penalty, and every marginal call under a VSC becomes championship-critical rather than merely expensive.
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