Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin expects Red Bull to be neck and neck with the World Champions in the closing races of the year.

Shovlin believes the ban on engine ‘party modes’ in qualifying has closed the gap between Formula 1’s two leading constructors of 2020 – a theory evidenced by the way Red Bull’s Max Verstappen challenged for pole position in the Eifel Grand Prix.

Plus, towards the end of a season, the tendency is that Red Bull continue developing their current car whereas Mercedes begin to focus more on the following campaign – which would hardly be surprising this year with both the drivers and constructors’ World Championship titles already effectively in the bag.

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