After seven races, it looked as though Ferrari's championship hopes could already be over.

But if he misses more than two races, his championship hopes would effectively be finished.

Oh, and one guy without a championship hope is making strides.

Despite all this, controversy would once again derail the Patriots championship hopes.

Last season Martin's championship hopes were hurt by the points he lost at those tracks.

An accident in testing at Monza ended his championship hopes.

Dixon lost in the second round, and his championship hopes were done.

There have been few seasons when so many teams had legitimate championship hopes, and Jordan's presence would just add one more team to the list.

The loser can probably say goodbye to its national championship hopes.

He started the race in the lead but crashed on the seventh lap, ending his championship hopes.