F1's summer break is over: the 10-race run-in to the end of the season starts in the Netherlands and historic Zandvoort this weekend.
After the factory shutdowns and holidays, the season will resume with the chasing pack aiming to change a narrative which has seen Red Bull win every race so far - and runaway title leader Max Verstappen the last eight.
30pmWhile Verstappen, also eyeing a hat-trick of home wins, will inevitably start as favourite, the pre-summer break battle behind the Dutchman continued to be unpredictable. Five different drivers from five different teams finished second to Verstappen in the space of six races, bunching up the standings in the battle for the other leading positions in the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships.
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