Max Verstappen wins Formula 1 title for the 4th consecutive time
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of Holland won his fourth Formula 1 title on 24 November 2024 despite finishing 5th in the Las Vegas Grand Prix. It was the fourth consecutive Drivers' Championship title for Max Verstappen since winning it for the first time in 2021.
The 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix was held in Las Vegas, the United States of America, on 24 November 2024. It was won by George Russel of Mercedes, with his teammate Lewis Hamilton coming second.
There are two races left in the 2024 Formula 1 season in Qatar and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but Max Vestappen has an unassailable lead on the points table. Max Verstappen leads the points table with 403 points, and Londo Norris of McLaren is a distant second with 340 points.
Sixth Player to win four or more Formula 1 tiles.’
- Max Verstappen is the sixth driver in Formula 1 history to win four or more titles.
- German Micheal Schumacher and the British driver Lewis Hamilton have won it seven times.
- Argentina’s Juan Manuel Fangio has won it five times.
- Alain Prost of France, Sebastian Vettel of Germany, and Max Verstappen of Holland have each won the tiles four times.
Record of the Max Verstappen
The 27-year-old Max Verstappen of Holland has created several records in the history of Formula One. A few of his records are as follows ;
- Max Verstappen, at 17 years and 166 days, is the youngest driver in the Formula One circuit.
- He also holds the record for winning a maximum of 15 races in a single season, winning 15 titles in 2022.
- Verstappen also holds a record for scoring the most points in 454 in a single season. Previously, the record was held by seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who amassed 413 points during his championship-winning season in 2019.
Formula One Championship or F1
- Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) organises the Formula One motor car racing championship.
- It is motorsport's world governing body, set up in 1904.
- The FIA officially launched the Formula One Championship in 1950 at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone.
- The 2024 Formula One championship consists of 24 Grand Prix. The driver who wins the maximum point is conferred the World Driver Championship.
- Emilio Giuseppe Farina of Italy won the first World Driver Championship in 1950.
- German Micheal Schumacher and British driver Lewis Hamilton each hold the record for winning the world driver championship seven times.
- Sebastian Vettel of Germany is the youngest winner of the world driver championship at 23.
Headquarters of Formula One: London, United Kingdom
President of FIA: Mohammed Ahmad Sultan Ben Sulayem (UAE)
