Two warriors in Formula 1

A lion roars over the cardinal points while the samurai looks down with his hidden katana, waiting. The beast appears tattooed on Lewis Hamilton's chest, the Japanese warrior on Fernando Alonso's back. Both seem to carry two words as scars this year: victory for the Englishman, patience for the Spaniard.

The two main events of the year are the dominance of the Mercedes driver and the situation in which the McLaren driver finds himself. Lewis is the leader at the summer break, with 21 points ahead of his teammate, Nico Rosberg. He has achieved nine poles and five victories. He is the top favorite to repeat the title, which would be his third. Fernando suffered a terrible accident in preseason where he could hardly drive, missed the first race, has had five retirements and has only scored points in the last two races. However, his performance in Hungary and the developments expected for the second half of the season allow him to at least see the light at the end of a tunnel that is much longer and darker than it seemed. Much more.

Noteworthy is the remarkable improvement of Ferrari this season with eight podium finishes, two victories, and two fastest laps with Vettel as the new red savior, the lack of competitiveness of the Renault engines that weigh down Red Bull and Toro Rosso, and the lack of consistency of Williams. But Formula 1 this year is mainly focused on two drivers: Hamilton and Alonso, the roaring lion and the patient samurai.