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Gary Anderson says the logic is circular: manufacturers won't accept a cheap engine that beats them, so the customer unit will always be made inferior.
His request to be released from McLaren's reserve duties is the clearest statement yet that reserve positions offer talented drivers almost nothing.
Sacking Horner was meant to stabilise the team. Nine rounds into 2026, the points table tells a different story.
With 39 points separating Ferrari's two drivers, Fred Vasseur faces the season's most uncomfortable internal calculation.
The result went to track position; the pace data belonged to someone else.
A deceptive qualifying masked how far Ferrari's power unit still trails, and the Red Bull Ring's long straights made the deficit impossible to hide on Sunday.
The pace evidence suggests Hamilton was on course to win anyway, but the virtual safety car turned a nail-biter into a procession.
Norris stopped on track, Piastri over a second off the pace, and the stewards found tape over a mandatory safety button.
Rivals are calling it too, but new MGU-K rules and Leclerc's own Monaco history complicate the favourite tag.
Five rounds in, Ferrari sit 72 points behind Mercedes in the constructors' standings with no wins and a consistency problem that is mostly Leclerc's.