McLaren has become the benchmark team in Formula 1 having now overtaken Red Bull in the competitive order midway through 2024. The team has taken wins with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at the Miami and Hungarian Grands Prix, while both have regularly finished on the podium and scored more points than Red Bull in the last nine races. It comes after Red Bull enjoyed a dominant run of victories with the RB19 last year when they won 21 out of a possible 22 races, while Max Verstappen took his third consecutive World Championship after achieving 18 of those victories. Now the team faces an uphill…