A season featuring a string of strategy mistakes, the occasional driver error and, if we are being honest, a large helping of not-being-ruthless-enough when it mattered, it was never going to be a straight-froward win for McLaren in the constructors’ championship.
Despite coming into the Abu Dhabi season finale with a 21-point cushion over Ferrari, it never looked particularly comfortable - even though Lando Norris took pole in a McLaren 1-2.
