F1's American dream is compromised – but working
Formula 1 is entering its own 'age of the Super Bowl', and that has merits and drawbacks - although if it's really pursuing the American dream, it needs a suitable driver from the United States
The fat lady is tuning up for Mexico City, where this coming weekend Lewis Hamilton needs to finish only fifth to clinch his fourth world championship. Given that since the summer break Hamilton has lost only once - in Malaysia, where he finished second to Max Verstappen - you'd have to rate his chances as somewhat better than average.
After the season he has had, the odds shorten that sooner or later he has to have some sort of mechanical failure, but Mercedes reliability has been remarkable in 2017, and Hamilton, freed of the occasional torment that was Nico Rosberg, has driven better than ever before, rather dispelling the age-old theory that drivers give their best when pressured by their team mate.
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