McLaren Racing heads into Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix as Formula 1's hot new darlings, the papaya-drenched team that just may be the ones to finally dethrone Red Bull and Max Verstappen. Red Bull and its Dutch driver have had ironclad grips on both the drivers championship,

Gianpiero Lambiase - race engineer for three-time world champion Max Verstappen - has been handed an internal promotion at Red Bull following interest from both McLaren and Ferrari.

Red Bull had led the standings for 55 consecutive races dating back to the Spanish Grand Prix in 2022. Red Bull led in the standings for the final 17 races of 2022, romped to last season’s title with a record points haul, and it led for the first 16 races of this season.