Ferrari and McLaren are currently locked in a battle for the role of ‘best of the rest’ behind Red Bull. Both teams have been able to decisively leapfrog Mercedes over the winter. Max Verstappen and Red Bull have been in another league once again, winning four of the first five races. Only reliability has defeated him so far, with a brake issue taking him out of the Australian Grand Prix in March. It was Carlos Sainz and Ferrari who capitalised that day with a one-two finish. And that’s exactly where both teams want to be – ready to pounce on any highly uncharacteristic Red Bull mishap. For th…
