Formula One finally has the title fight it has craved, with neither driver prepared to give an inch as they head to Mexico
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Formula One finally has the title fight it has craved, with blow and counter-blow.
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are locked in a rivalry as gripping as some of the great head-to-heads and the intensity of a thrilling championship is set only to ramp up as Sunday’s Mexican
Grand Prix heralds a potentially nail-biting run-in to close the season.
Hamilton and Verstappen have had two serious clashes this year, both life-threatening. Despite the risks, it is clear neither is going to yield any time soon in the heat of competition between two such singular and determined drivers.