Verstappen responded with the greatest display of his F1 career. In rainy conditions, he charged through to victory, taking the lead at the same moment Norris slid down the order after a mistake at Turn 1. A symbolic moment of the diverging paths of their title aspirations.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has claimed his fourth consecutive Formula One world title, and fourth year in a row, after finishing fifth and taking an unbeatable lead over McLaren’s Lando Norris in the Las Vegas Grand Prix.