I think Verstappen does take the championship so long as he does nothing stupid and is not especially punished for past stupidity perhaps. If he can take it by being 2nd, I think he has to be rated as most probable to take the entire thing because obviously he is well capable of 1st also. Lewis might deserve it for our recent memory of his performance but the its a long season and I've seen this photo finish effect before, so I'd guess Verstappen at this point.
Obviously, Mercedes has better cars than Red Bull and the most important task is to make this advantage manifest itself with a winning double in one of the last two races. I'm not sure that Max will continue to behave like this when Bottas manages to stay behind Max on a clearly faster car. Therefore, yes, the advantage in points is still on Verstappen's side and, accordingly, there seems to be more chances to win the title, but Mercedes solved the problems with their car by the end of the season and in this regard they have all the cards up their sleeve. However, there is too little time left before the end of the championship and everything can be solved by small nuances and elementary luck.The fixed rear wing moves during the straight line, which makes the downforce less and therefore greater speed... I mean, we say that a fake mini DRS system works outside the areas allowed by the laws, any fixed dynamic part should not be It moves by more than 2 mm and it seems that Mercedes found the loophole and exploited it.
Helmut Marko was honest when he said it was impossible that the engine alone gave the advantage to Mercedes
If it means shaving a tenth of a second off, which means a hell of alot in this sport, then so be it.
They more than certainly would rather take the chance in doing it and getting a suspension than rightly know their crews are capable of these modifications and doing nothing.
