The title race between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris is over
became a four-time world champion at the on Sunday, finishing one place higher than title rival to clinch the crown with two races to spare.
His fourth World Championship moves Verstappen level with the likes of Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel in the history books, with only three drivers having claimed more F1 titles than the Dutchman.
As for , and , attention is already turning to what promises to be a blockbuster 2025 campaign, although the latter two are fighting tooth and nail for the Constructors’ Championship title.
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Norris levels McLaren concerns after Las Vegas disappointment
has raised some concerns with ’s performance after a disappointing weekend at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The Brit finished in P6, confirming ’s fourth World Championship, while Oscar Piastri could only stumble home in P7.
“Clearly, we have a lot of work to do with our car,” he said. “It’s too difficult to drive. It doesn’t work in these conditions. It doesn’t work in many other tracks where we’ve had similar conditions, but we’ve been able to get everything out of it sometimes.”
He continued: “Even when people think we’ve had the best car, and we’ve absolutely not, we could have still won some of those races, and those were great weekends. But this weekend, even if I feel like I drove pretty well, I could not get anything more out of it, and if I tried, I probably would have ended up in a wall somewhere.”
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Verstappen totally ‘loyal’ to Red Bull after title triumph
has stressed his loyalty to , insisting that he currently has no plans to leave the Milton Keynes-based team after winning his fourth World Championship.
“To be honest, I think in your life, every year there are always thoughts going through your head from, how long do I still want to do this?” he said on Sunday. “Where do I want to do this? How do I want to do this?
“There are things in your private life that happen, of course, in your racing life. There are always things that you have to deal with and think about. But that’s fine.
“I think in general I’m quite relaxed about these things because it’s very important to split your private life and racing life. But it’s fine to have these thoughts in your head about what you want to do.
“But at the same time, I’m also not someone that makes very drastic decisions. I’m just very happy where I’m at, at the moment. I’m very loyal to the team.”
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