he has been called a champion in waiting, a guy we know has the ability to win it. not only does he now have the chance to win his first one, but to beat one of the greatest of all time in lewis hamilton on the way to your first title, to open your era as a championship winner would mean an incredible amount to him as well. so underlying the fact that it is such a tight fight is that there is a lot on the line of terms of their legacy. a climber in the french alps who stumbled on a treasure trove of emeralds, rubies and sapphires on mont blanc eight years ago has been given half of them. it s thought they may have been on an air india flight which crashed into the mountain in 1966. mark lobel reports. a glacier that tragically became a graveyard over 50 years ago, passengers on a plane from india to switzerland crashing here. but in this box, their memories live on. these were all found buried in the french snow by an anonymous climber eight years ago, who handed them in. translation:
and, i mean, we are dealing with let s not get too carried away but it s pretty much life and death stuff, isn t it? and they are putting each other right on the line. absolutely, i mean, it is it does mean so much to them for different reasons. of course, this is the purpose for them to race is to win the world but for lewis hamilton, this is a potential to win a record breaking eighth world championship and he s already said if he wins this one, it would be the one he holds in highest regard, simply because it s been such a top slog for him. on the other side, it s max verstappen, racing for his first. and for his entire career he has been called a champion in waiting, a guy we know has the ability to win it. not only does he now have the chance to win his first one, but to beat one of the greatest of all time in lewis hamilton on the way to your first title, to open your era as a championship winner would mean an incredible amount to him as well. so underlying the fact that