VERSTAPPEN JOKES ABOUT COMEBACK AMID CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT

Original: Max Verstappen jokes about Kimi Antonelli’s F1 lead: “I’m definitely not having a comeback!”

Max Verstappen jokes that he is not making a comeback as Kimi Antonelli leads the championship with eight or nine race weekends remaining in the season.

With eight or nine race weekends remaining – depending on what happens with the grands prix in the Middle East at the end of the year – Kimi Antonelli is in pole position to claim his maiden Formula 1 world title, which would also see him replace Sebastian Vettel as the youngest world champion ever.