Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko says a "different approach" to engineering their car lies behind the surge in form that his catapulted Max Verstappen back into Formula 1 title contention.

The Milton Keynes-based team's season - which featured the sacking of long-serving and hugely-successful team principal Christian Horner in July to be replaced by Laurent Mekies - had threatened to be heading for an underwhelming finish amid McLaren's domination of the Constructors' Championship and Verstappen's apparent fall out of drivers' title contention by mid-season.

However, Verstappen is now firmly back in the hunt for a fifth consecutive crown against the McLaren drivers after winning three of the last four races and finishing in the top two of all five events since the August summer break.

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