Verstappen still manages to win 4th straight F1 title in one of worst seasons of his Red Bull career
Max Verstappen won an unbelievable 19 races last season that included an incredible streak of 10 in a row in what would arguably go down as one of the greatest years in Formula 1 history
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Max Verstappen won an unbelievable 19 races last season that included an incredible streak of 10 in a row in what would arguably go down as one of the greatest years in Formula 1 history.
And yet it is this year’s eight-win season — his lowest victory total since 2020 — that Verstappen considers a career-defining campaign. Those eight wins were enough to win him a fourth consecutive F1 championship on Saturday night with his easy drive at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
He only needed to finish ahead of Lando Norris of McLaren to seal the title with two races remaining in the season, and he did it with a fifth-place finish that was all that was needed in a year in which Red Bull's dominance had been tested by Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes.
The championship made Verstappen only the sixth driver in F1 history to win four or more titles, adding him to the list that includes all-time greats Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Alain Prost, former Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel and Juan Manuel Fangio.
