Singapore, July 14 -- So how did Lewis Hamilton manage to go from zero to hero again in a week?

How, having been blown off by Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and then finished second on the track but only fourth overall after receiving a five-second penalty for a collision with Alex Albon (their second in three races) at the Austrian Grand Prix, did he come back so strongly that he not only ruled qualifying but also the race at the Steiermark Grand Prix last Sunday?

The success, his 85th, means that he has won at least one race in every season he has competed in Formula One - where he started with McLaren in 2007 - and is now within six races of matching Michael Schumacher's tally of 91 as he also seeks to equal the German's seven wor...