5 underrated moments of the 2018 F1 season

#1 Max Verstappen vs Lewis Hamilton's dogfight at the US GP

F1 Grand Prix of USA

With Sky's David Croft said with a bit of customary excitement that "Maybe, Raikkonen is re-born in the USA," he wasn't merely describing the importance of the win to the Iceman; probably, he also helped signify the importance of a Grand Prix where there was some ballsy driving.

Last year, it was precisely around Turn 17 at the Circuit of the Americas where Red Bull's Max Verstappen passed Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen but not clearly to emerge third on the podium, a move that would draw the necessary ire of the authorities, being finally scrutinised and therefore, penalised.

But this year, while there was Mad Max on the move once again, coming really close to being passed by the car behind, he would realise who he was up against.

In displaying some closely fought driving, a spectacle so thrilling as to have left the commentators and fans closer to the edge of their seats, the Max Verstappen versus Lewis Hamilton show, particularly toward the end of the race, left fans thrilled, and the Grand Prix almost having the order of the cars in their collective pursuit of Raikkonen, changed.

Hamilton would all but pass Verstappen exactly around Turn 17, which is where Verstappen would come back on top sensationally.

Was this the best unsung moment of the year?