The debate over the form driver in Formula 1 ended long before Kimi Antonelli picked up a maiden Monaco win, his fifth straight grand prix victory.
But a weekend, which ended with a chaotic race in contrast to the procession of recent years, threw up the question of who is his biggest on-track threat?
Max Verstappen had narrowly missed out on pole position a day earlier only for his car to fail him off the startline in the race. After teammate Isack Hadjar crossed the line in third, one wonders what the Dutchman might have done with a functioning Red Bull.
His pace at the preceding race in Montreal had looked good and he may yet launch some sort of a challenge although he is a lowly seventh place in the drivers’ standings.
There is a 22-year age gap between title contenders Hamilton (left) and Antonelli (Photo: AFP)
