“You really have to be cut-throat. That's what Max is. He’s gonna take this [championship] from them if they don't do the same.”

Lewis Hamilton has warned McLaren's title contenders Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris about Max Verstappen's "cut-throat" character as the three head into the final five races of the season.

Max Verstappen seemed out of the title race not that long ago but he's firmly back in the hunt for a fifth championship in a row.