Max Verstappen wins 2024 F1 world title as Red Bull driver closes out Drivers’ Championship at Las Vegas GP
Verstappen finishes fifth in Las Vegas Grand Prix for title-clinching result in race won by George Russell in Mercedes one-two; Lando Norris, who had to finish ahead of Verstappen to extend championship fight for at least one more week, struggled to distant sixth
8:46, UK, Sunday 24 November 2024
The final lap from the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix as Mercedes’ George Russell claims P1 and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wins the drivers’ championship.
Max Verstappen has become Formula 1 world champion for the fourth time after clinching the 2024 title at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Verstappen, 27, is the sixth driver in the sport’s history to win at least four world titles.
Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton have each won a record seven, with 1950s Argentine legend Juan-Manuel Fangio on five ahead of Alain Prost, Sebastian Vettel and now Verstappen on four.
- New F1 team announcement ‘probably imminent’, says McLaren boss Zak Brown
- Look back at key updates and watch best video from Las Vegas GP
- Stream final two 2024 races with NOW Sports Month Membership
Having won every Drivers’ Championship since claiming his first in the controversial end to the 2021 season, Verstappen now joins Hamilton, Fangio and Vettel in winning four titles consecutively.
Only Schumacher has achieved a run of five.
Although Verstappen moved up to second behind ultimate race winner George Russell in the early stages of the race, he was shuffled off the podium to fifth in the long second stint on hard tyres after being overtaken by Lewis Hamilton and then the Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.
Max Verstappen wins 2024 F1 world title as Red Bull driver closes out Drivers’ Championship at Las Vegas GP
Verstappen finishes fifth in Las Vegas Grand Prix for title-clinching result in race won by George Russell in Mercedes one-two; Lando Norris, who had to finish ahead of Verstappen to extend championship fight for at least one more week, struggled to distant sixth
8:46, UK, Sunday 24 November 2024
The final lap from the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix as Mercedes’ George Russell claims P1 and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wins the drivers’ championship.
Max Verstappen has become Formula 1 world champion for the fourth time after clinching the 2024 title at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Verstappen, 27, is the sixth driver in the sport’s history to win at least four world titles.
Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton have each won a record seven, with 1950s Argentine legend Juan-Manuel Fangio on five ahead of Alain Prost, Sebastian Vettel and now Verstappen on four.
- New F1 team announcement ‘probably imminent’, says McLaren boss Zak Brown
- Look back at key updates and watch best video from Las Vegas GP
- Stream final two 2024 races with NOW Sports Month Membership
Having won every Drivers’ Championship since claiming his first in the controversial end to the 2021 season, Verstappen now joins Hamilton, Fangio and Vettel in winning four titles consecutively.
Only Schumacher has achieved a run of five.
Although Verstappen moved up to second behind ultimate race winner George Russell in the early stages of the race, he was shuffled off the podium to fifth in the long second stint on hard tyres after being overtaken by Lewis Hamilton and then the Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.
Max Verstappen wins 2024 F1 world title as Red Bull driver closes out Drivers’ Championship at Las Vegas GP
Verstappen finishes fifth in Las Vegas Grand Prix for title-clinching result in race won by George Russell in Mercedes one-two; Lando Norris, who had to finish ahead of Verstappen to extend championship fight for at least one more week, struggled to distant sixth
8:46, UK, Sunday 24 November 2024
The final lap from the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix as Mercedes’ George Russell claims P1 and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wins the drivers’ championship.
Max Verstappen has become Formula 1 world champion for the fourth time after clinching the 2024 title at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Verstappen, 27, is the sixth driver in the sport’s history to win at least four world titles.
Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton have each won a record seven, with 1950s Argentine legend Juan-Manuel Fangio on five ahead of Alain Prost, Sebastian Vettel and now Verstappen on four.
New F1 team announcement ‘probably imminent’, says McLaren boss Zak Brown
Look back at key updates and watch best video from Las Vegas GP
Stream final two 2024 races with NOW Sports Month Membership
Having won every Drivers’ Championship since claiming his first in the controversial end to the 2021 season, Verstappen now joins Hamilton, Fangio and Vettel in winning four titles consecutively.
Only Schumacher has achieved a run of five.
Las Vegas GP result: Top 10
1) George Russell, Mercedes
2) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
3) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
4) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
5) Max Verstappen, Red Bull
6) Lando Norris, McLaren
7) Oscar Piastri, McLaren
8) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas
9) Yuki Tsunoda, RB
10) Sergio Perez, Red Bull
Although Verstappen moved up to second behind ultimate race winner George Russell in the early stages of the race, he was shuffled off the podium to fifth in the long second stint on hard tyres after being overtaken by Lewis Hamilton and then the Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.
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