Now, with nine races completed, Verstappen leads Hamilton by 32 points. Verstappen’s second win within a week at the Red Bull Ring was pretty much a carbon copy of the first. “You have to go week by week, race by race,” Horner said on Sunday, “and the team is doing a great job of balancing the challenges of this year and next. “The start of this season when the cars were so close in performance – pretty much equal – it was one of the most exciting times I’ve had for some time to have this battle with Red Bull,” Hamilton said.

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