To underscore @ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip and @ohulancutash@feddit.uk's points, the come-from-behind aspect of seriously awesome driver is not to be underestimated.

For example, there was some recent competition (Mythbusters? Can't find it in my history right now). In the competition, Hamilton (Verstappen? One of those badasses) was in a racing kart, all weighted to come up equally. The F1 driver was at the absolute rear of the grid, yet managed to beat everyone far under all analysts guesses.