It appears inevitable that Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes will win a sixth Formula One drivers’ title this season, with his team winning its sixth consecutive championship.

With six races to go after this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix , Hamilton of Britain seemingly has an insurmountable lead, 63 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas of Finland, his Mercedes teammate. Max Verstappen of Red Bull is 99 points behind. The Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel are 102 and 115 back.

Compared with his five previous title-winning years, it is the biggest advantage Hamilton has held at this point of a season.

But if recent performances by Verstappen and Leclerc are an indicator, it won’t be easy for Hamilton to clinch a seventh championship in 2020, which would equal the record set by Michael Schumacher in 2004.