Formula One: Red Bull's Max Verstappen clinches fourth consecutive world title
Formula One: Red Bull's Max Verstappen clinches fourth consecutive world title
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won his fourth consecutive Formula One Championship on Sunday (Nov 24) after finishing fifth in the Las Vegas Grand Prix. On the brink of winning the title before the race, Verstappen’s fifth-place finish, coupled with nearest rival Lando Norris’s sixth spot, gave the Dutchman the title-winning lead in the championship table. This is the Dutch racer’s fourth consecutive title, joining an elite company in doing so.
Verstappen wins F1 title
With a fifth-place finish, the 27-year-old driver earned 10 points, taking his tally to 393 points, giving him the title-winning lead with two races still to go. His nearest rival, Lando Norris of the United Kingdom, could have kept the title race on had he finished above Verstappen. However, Norris’s sixth-place finish saw him earn eight points, handing the Red Bull star his fourth consecutive title on the circuit.
He joins an elite list of drivers to win four consecutive titles which includes Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher and others.
Russell finished 7.313 seconds clear of seven-time champion Hamilton, who had started from 10thon the grid, with Carlos Sainz finishing third ahead of Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, Verstappen and Norris, who was 43 seconds ahead of McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.
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Norris, who needed to outscore Verstappen by three points to keep his title hopes alive, took an extra point for the fastest lap, but his challenge was over.
Seven wins in the opening ten races launched Verstappen to this success, but he needed to overcome a mid-season run of ten without a win before victory in a rain-hit race in Brazil set up his fourth title.
"It's been a long season," admitted Verstappen. "It started off amazingly, we were cruising and then we had a tough run, but we kept it together.
"At 17, I was just happy to be here and learn and never thought of this. To stand here now as a four-time champion is just incredible."
