The McLaren MCL60 was not at its best around the new Las Vegas track and the team, which has recently presented the biggest threat to Max Verstappen’s Red Bull, came away with just a 10th place finish plus fastest lap – with neither car having made it out of Q1 in qualifying.
So what had happened to the car, which had been Verstappen’s only challenger in Brazil the week before, and which had set pole position there for the Sprint race?
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