Mark Hughes: Verstappen had faster McLaren beaten if stewards had let him off
The bones of this intriguing Saudi Arabian Grand Prix were made when erstwhile pacesetter Lando Norris crashed in Q3 without a lap on the board and by Oscar Piastri’s great start from second on the grid, which undid the damage done by Max Verstappen having pipped him to pole.
That put Verstappen into a familiar territorial dispute, choosing to drive off track at Turn 1 and rejoining ahead rathe...