No win but points gained, Ferrari puts pressure on McLaren for the Constructors' title

Max Verstappen crowned champion, these last two rounds of the year (Qatar, November 29-December 1, and Abu Dhabi, December 6-9) will be animated by the fight for the Constructors' title. Two candidates stand out: the leaders McLaren and his pursuers Ferrari.

Yet none of them shone in Las Vegas where Mercedes, with its double carried by George Russell, attracted all the spotlight. Nevertheless, this battle between McLaren and Ferrari has tightened somewhat, to the advantage of the Italians who have managed to reduce the margin.

Thanks to the 3rd and 4th places of Carlos Sainz et Charles Leclerc, the Reds scored 27 points against 15 for the English (Lando Norris 6th with the fastest lap in the race and Oscar piastri 7th), to return to just 24 lengths with two Grands Prix to go (608 against 584).

« We maximize the points given the potential we had in the race, raised Frédéric Vasseur, Ferrari team principal. Mercedes were clearly faster than us. So we are 3rd and 4th just behind them. We will see at the end of the year if it is a good result or not but we manage to take back points from McLaren, Red Bull… So we're going to put that in the good weekends even if there is a bit of frustration because we weren't very far from being able to do even better. »

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