
With the season break looming after Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix, there was the prospect of a very different looking Drivers' Championship leaderboard when all was said and done at Spa.
Max Verstappen may have still been more than 70 points to the good as he hunts a fourth consecutive world championship, but things certainly aren't all going his way. He was three straight races without a G.P. win, and — thanks to a breach of the engine rules — he started the race from 11th on the grid. That's despite going fastest in qualifying.