It’s the one race on this year’s Formula 1 calendar that Max Verstappen has never won. It could be crucial to his chances of a series comeback.

Verstappen heads into this week’s Singapore Grand Prix with back-to-back wins which have made a fifth consecutive title go from near-impossible to merely unlikely.

Meanwhile, standings leader Oscar Piastri had an awful weekend at the last race in Azerbaijan, title rival Lando Norris couldn’t capitalize, and their McLaren team has started making mistakes at pit stops.

Verstappen is “genuinely a challenger,” Norris said Thursday. “A couple of weeks ago they brought some upgrades, and it seems like that’s put them back on the same level as us.”

Despite that, McLaren can seal the constructors’ title this weekend if one of its cars is on the podium.

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