The greatest comeback since Lazarus? Everyone loves a good comeback story, and Formula 1 has enjoyed plenty of them over its nearly 75-year history as a gladiatorial contest of man and machine.
As things stand in the current season, Max Verstappen has a somewhat healthy 78-point lead over Lando Norris, but the seemingly invulnerable Dutchman has now had to accept that he no longer has the outright fastest car in F1; McLaren and Mercedes have shared the most recent quartet of victories heading into the summer break. Red Bull, for its part, has only got a 42-point lead over McLaren in the constructors' standings.
