Max Verstappen wins fourth-straight F1 title at Las Vegas Grand Prix

Max Verstappen clinched his fourth-consecutive Formula 1 drivers’ rubric by finishing 5th astatine the Las Vegas Grand Prix connected Sunday.

The Red Bull operator arrived successful Sin City knowing helium would wrapper up the title arsenic agelong arsenic helium didn’t driblet 3 oregon much points to Lando Norris.

The title contenders started alongside each different connected the grid, but connected the high-speed thoroughfare circuit Red Bull had the vantage implicit McLaren and Verstappen rapidly pulled distant from his rival.

In an action-packed race, the Dutchman duelled with Mercedes and Ferrari drivers but yet could not vie with their pace, arsenic polesitter George Russell claimed triumph with Sir Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz completing the podium.

But the play belonged to Verstappen, who finished wherever helium started, portion Norris crossed the enactment implicit 20 seconds down successful sixth, to assertion an historical rubric win.

Verstappen had gone into 2024 arsenic the dense favourite and seemed destined to cruise to different rubric aft winning 7 of the opening 10 races.

However, McLaren and Ferrari person since had the amended of Red Bull connected gait starring to a wide unfastened second-half of the play which has truthful acold resulted successful 7 antithetic winners successful the past 12 expansive prix.

Norris emerged arsenic the closest challenger, but yet lacked the consistency and acquisition to equine what would person been an bonzer comeback.

Verstappen’s latest triumph solidifies his presumption arsenic 1 of the top drivers of all-time, moving level with Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel connected 4 titles.

Only Juan Manuel Fangio (on five), Michael Schumacher and Hamilton (both connected seven) person more.

Fangio, Vettel and Hamilton are besides the lone different drivers to person won 4 titles successful a enactment and Verstappen volition present look to adjacent Schumacher’s grounds of 5 successful 2025.

Meanwhile, the constructors’ title is yet to beryllium decided with McLaren presently starring from Ferrari and Red Bull with 2 races near this twelvemonth successful Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

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