Max Verstappen will end runner-up within the F1 drivers’ championship forward of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.
That is the decision of RacingNews365 followers following a ballot asking you who would declare second behind the obvious champion-in-waiting, Kimi Antonelli.
Antonelli stands on the point of turning into the youngest champion in F1 historical past. The 20-year-old holds a snug 102-point cushion over Mercedes team-mate George Russell, with probably one other 150 factors up for grabs if the calendar finishes in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
The younger Italian might even turn into champion on the subsequent race in america ought to he take the chequered flag, and Russell finishes no increased than ninth.
Behind Antonelli, the battle is way from clear-cut as to who will end better of the remaining.
At current, Russell is 9 factors forward of Hamilton, and 17 factors away from Verstappen, while Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris can’t be discounted as they sit 23 and 37 factors respectively behind Russell.
In our ballot, Verstappen obtained 60.5 per cent of the vote. The four-time F1 champion’s nearest challenger was Ferrari driver Hamilton, who collected 21.2 per cent.
That’s unsurprising as Verstappen has completed on the rostrum in seven of the final eight grands prix, profitable the final two in Malaysia and Singapore.
Russell polled slightly below 12 per cent, with Hamilton’s team-mate Leclerc gathering simply over six per cent. As for reigning champion Norris, of all of the votes solid, he collected only one.
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