Verstappen checked off the first item on his to-do list on Friday night, when he qualified just ahead of Norris for Saturday night’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. The two started alongside each other in the third row,

His fourth title was hard-won. As title defenses go, 2025 is already shaping up to be an even greater test for Max Verstappen.

Max Verstappen is a four-time world champion. But where will that rank him in the all-time list? As ever with these rankings, they are entirely subjective and inherently flawed. How do you compare drivers across generations and different types of machinery?