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If Verstappen wins title, who will be series’ second-best?

If Verstappen wins title, who will be series’ second-best?
Poster of F1 drivers. PHOTO/PRINT

The Formula 1 season resumes with this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix, the first of 10 races that remain in this year’s calendar.
Our F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions going into the race at Zandvoort…

Assuming Max Verstappen’s current lead is unassailable, who is likely to end up as best of the rest – Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri, Carlos Sainz or Lewis Hamilton? – Richard

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has a 78-point championship lead over his closest challenger, McLaren’s Lando Norris, with 10 races to go this season, starting at this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix.

So, yes, Verstappen is in a very strong position to claim a fourth world title, even though he has not won a race since the Spanish Grand Prix in June. Norris would have to claw back an average of nearly eight points a race from now on to beat him.

On McLaren’s current form, that’s possible, but it’s not something Norris has looked like doing so far, partly through his own errors and partly through Verstappen’s outstanding consistency.

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