Steiner: "The papaya rules are for Max"

Speaking on The Red Flags Podcast, the former Haas F1 Team Principal said McLaren is Verstappen's 'best ally' to win the championship and that "the papaya rules are for Max."

After the Mexico GP Verstappen is just 36 points behind McLaren's championship leader Lando Norris, a gap which was as big as 104 points after the Dutch GP in August.

Since then, the four-time world champion has won three Grand Prix while the McLaren pair of Norris and Oscar Piastri have routinely taken points off each other with race-ending contact at the United States sprint race a definitive low point.

Steiner said: "We all know that Lando is not the the the most solid guy to make points, you know?"

Steiner has also raised doubts on Oscar Piastri's title hopes after a recent slump in form.

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