The Formula One grid will line up at Spa-Francorchamps in two weeks’ time with a strengthened line-up of drivers.

Big things are expected from Esteban Ocon, who beat Max Verstappen to the European Formula Three championship two years ago and has replaced Rio Haryanto at Manor.

Ocon joins what was already a particularly strong F1 field, boasting five world champions and four other race winners. A raft of champions from junior categories fill the remaining spaces and even those who are known to bring budgets for their seats have won titles in significant junior series:

We often look back on past championships as being golden ages for driving talent. But is it time we acknowledged the current crop as being among the best we have seen?

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