Verstappen edges Norris within the race and turns into the sixth man to assert 4 world championship titles, all in a row.
Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen has claimed his fourth consecutive Components One world title, and fourth yr in a row, after ending fifth and taking an unbeatable lead over McLaren’s Lando Norris within the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
With two rounds to spare within the 2024 championship, the Dutch driver did sufficient to pip Norris for the world title as George Russell of Mercedes received the race beneath the lights on Saturday.
The 27-year-old got here house in fifth place and have become simply the sixth man after Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Juan Manuel Fangio, Sebastian Vettel and Alain Prost to assert 4 championships.
Russell received the race from pole place in a Mercedes one-two end with group mate Lewis Hamilton, who began tenth.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was third with group mate Charles Leclerc fourth.
Norris, who completed sixth, made a late pitstop to safe a bonus level for the quickest lap.
“What a season. 4 instances. Thanks guys. Thanks to everybody,” Verstappen stated over group radio after taking the chequered flag and being congratulated on changing into a four-times champion.
“It was somewhat bit harder than final yr however we pulled by way of and we gave all of it.”
Within the constructors’ standings, Ferrari closed the hole to McLaren to 24 factors.
