Max Verstappen has claimed the 2024 F1 drivers’ title after finishing above closest challenger Lando Norris at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver, who started one spot ahead of Norris in fifth, finished the 50-lap race in the same position, while the McLaren driver came home in sixth.

Max Verstappen, only the sixth driver in F1 history to win at least four titles, sounded unusually emotional on the radio.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen lit up the Las Vegas night after securing his fourth Formula One title in a row on Saturday in a race won by George Russell in a Mercedes one-two with Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen finished where he started in fifth but that was all the Dutch driver needed to put the championship,