Not sure about that. Recently Piastri drives like an idiot and Lando like a god. I don't like Lando and I'm rooting for Piastri but the reality is that given their driving now Norris deserves the title and Oscar doesn't. And Max is an also-run.
The only thing Oscar can do is to win in Losail as that is a big Mclaren advantage track. I dont see him winning tomorrow but I could be wrong. Keep it close and finish out the season with at least 1 more good win and move on to next year. He is in year 3. Not bad so far career wise. I dont see Max catching either one of the Mclaren's but he is still strong and could make it interesting. I dont agree the team is favoring Lando - overtly.
I think the psychological hit of Monza/Lando whining messed oscar up. The team wasn't behind the guy clearly in the lead of things.
I think PIA is the one looking pretty fragile. If in fact “the team shifted all of their support” to Norris then he’s doing a pretty good job of justifying it. But there’s still qualifying and a race to go this weekend,….
Chance is getting smaller by the race, that's for sure. That said, anything can happen. Norris DNF tomorrow and suddenly the chance of a 3 way race is wide open again. Without a Norris DNF I can see Max's chance of winning the title being very very low indeed.