dfox wrote piastri, max, lando have been the dominant forces all year. There's a fight for the drivers championship right now and they excluded the driver who leaded the fight for most of the season.
Sure, pia has fallen from form, and the MCL drivers each could have done better, we've all been paying attention. But there's a 3 way fight and they only included 2 of the 3 in their promo picture... Even Russel has been doing pretty well and they included him. But to skip on Pia for ham/sainz... crazy.
I agree it's kind of a 3 way fight. Most of the year it really hasnt been. No doubt in my mind, if RB had only 3 or 4 better races prior to mid year, Max would be leading the points and winning again in an inferior car, but unless Pia and Nor decide to kamikaze and DNF 1 or 2 of the final races, it will be theirs unfortunately, despite how undeserving they both are for their lackluster racing, but that's my view. Again, they've dominated the season if you combine results, but for most anyone, Max has stood out by outperforming a bad car in a way I've only seen Schumacher do (even though I was took young to really watch him).
I agree on the latter. Ham, if he wasnt driving for Ferrari, he'd be a long lost memory already. Sai - also no one really cares. Very good driver, no question but Alb has largely shown him up this season.