The two championship battles have often been fierce throughout 2024, with Red Bull complaining on a number of occasions about alleged illegalities with McLaren's car design, including both their front and rear wing, although the FIA have not officially deemed McLaren's car to feature any illegalities.

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The momentum of 2021 launched Red Bull—but most particularly its wunderkind Verstappen—into a new era of dominance that threatened to bore viewers and undo all of the hard-earned popularity Formula 1 had gained after millions of lockdown-bound viewers tuned into Netflix’s Drive to Survive during the COVID-19 pandemic.