Dead even and down to the wire, but has it got too dirty?
The HinduFormula One had been waiting for this for a long time. And lo and behold, F1 has had the most exciting season in years, with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen producing one dramatic race after another. The FIA discovered a small issue — not the one Red Bull raised — and sent Hamilton to the back of the grid for the sprint race. If one were to trace Verstappen’s lineage among the sport’s historical greats, he is clearly from the Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher school of driving, which argues that exceptionally talented drivers should give no inch to their competitors and often push the limits of what is acceptable. While Hamilton is the senior statesman fighting to create history — a record eighth crown would put him above Schumacher — the prodigious Verstappen is hoping to secure his first world title, something that many believe is his destiny since he started racing professionally in karts.