Las Vegas : Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen claimed his fourth consecutive Formula One world championship after finishing fifth in the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday, securing an insurmountable 63-point lead over McLaren’s Lando Norris with two races to spare.
The race, held under the city lights of Las Vegas, saw George Russell of Mercedes take victory from pole position, leading a Mercedes one-two finish with Lewis Hamilton climbing from 10th on the grid to secure second place. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz claimed third, followed by teammate Charles Leclerc in fourth.
Norris, finishing sixth, earned a bonus point for the fastest lap after a strategic late pitstop.
“What a season. Four times. Thank you, guys. Thank you to everyone,” Verstappen expressed over the team radio after crossing the finish line. “It was a little bit more difficult than last year, but we pulled through and gave it all.”
In the constructors’ championship, Ferrari narrowed the gap to McLaren to 24 points as the season approaches its final stages.
