Formula 1 returns to Las Vegas as Max Verstappen looks to clinch championship
The Red Bull racer could clinch the Formula 1 world championship Saturday night and join the elite club of four-time champions, alongside only Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Alain Prost and Juan Manuel Fangio.
LAS VEGAS — Max Verstappen is hoping that what happens in Vegas won't just stay in Vegas — it will go down in the history books.
The Red Bull racer could clinch the Formula 1 world championship here Saturday night and join the elite club of four-time champions, alongside only Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Alain Prost and Juan Manuel Fangio.
Verstappen, 27, of the Netherlands, can secure the trophy by finishing the 50-lap race ahead of his sole championship rival, Lando Norris. Verstappen heads into the weekend 62 points ahead of McLaren’s Norris. Norris needs to outscore Verstappen by at least 3 points to keep his title hopes alive, although they would be slim regardless.
No other driver is mathematically in contention for the championship with three races left in the season.
“Looks a bit better now in the championship. But we’ll see this weekend,” Verstappen told reporters in Las Vegas. “We have good hopes to be competitive, but I don’t know, of course, how competitive.”
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