This season’s F1 championship has produced a fascinating fight to the wire and it would be foolish to predict the final outcome
Formula One is a sport defined by tiny margins, yet for years has not enjoyed a championship as closely competitive as this season’s mighty head-to-head between
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Their duel is entering the endgame which will be as fiercely fought as it is difficult to call. So well-matched are the two drivers and their rides that nerveless, flawless execution will be imperative. Five races remain and they are no place for the faint-hearted.
F1 is revelling in a season such as it has not enjoyed since the turbo-hybrid era began in 2014. Hamilton’s Mercedes team has dominated since then, rarely been challenged and never such that they were in a blow for blow fight to the wire in the final stages. This year Verstappen and Red Bull have brought that battle to them with emphatic verve.