Oscar Piastri’s championship lead has finally been overturned, as both his teammate and Max Verstappen have been slowly closing the gap to the Australian over the course of the last few races.

However, whilst his problems seem to have worsened over the course of the last four races, he may have been struggling for some time before that.

The slide of Oscar Piastri

Victories for Piastri in Belgium and the Netherlands glossed over some of the cracks that had appeared to form in his title challenge after McLaren completed the bulk of its development work between the Canadian and British Grand Prix.

Meanwhile, the DNF in Azerbaijan and the non-podium finishes in Singapore, the United States and Mexico have seen the Australian fall back into the clutches of his title rivals.

Of course, th

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