Can McLaren ‘up their game’ to respond to Red Bull threat?

McLaren will introduce a modest selection of car upgrades at the United States Grand Prix in Austin to defend their third-place position in the Constructors' Championship. Red Bull has reduced a 76-point deficit to just seven points across the last triple header, where Max Verstappen secured two victories while McLaren failed to record a single podium finish.

According to McLaren Chief Technical Officer Rob Marshall, the new revisions focus on small floor adjustments and improving braking reliability and performance. The updates follow an internal collision between teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri during the Singapore Sprint race, which caused McLaren to drop eight championship points with six rounds remaining in the season.