[Sylvanfan]

2026 is a long ways off, but its likely going to cause a bit of a disruption to the current order.

McLaren has shown a lot of progress with their car since Silverstone. Hard to say if Norris would be happy to be the clear number 2 driver but get on the podium more often and get to pick up the scraps when Verstappen makes a rare mistake...and I think that will be less frequent as he becomes a seasoned veteran with more experience. So is he happy being allowed to go for one or two wins a year while the other guy wins 20 races. Or does he prefer being the Alpha at McLaren?

I'm not so convinced that outside of Horners love for Riccardo that Red Bull wants an equal to Max. They'd rather find more of a Bottas type who's capable enough to handle the better machine but not knock out his team mate on lap 1 trying to get past him.