Max Verstappen clinched his fourth world champion title after finishing fifth at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

By finishing ahead of his title rival Lando Norris, who nastoupil settle down with sixth place in the Sin City, Verstappen secured the championship with two races still to go.

Norris needed to score at least three points more than Verstappen to keep the title fight alive but couldn’t manage it. With this victory, Verstappen joins legends like Juan Manuel Fangio, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, and Lewis Hamilton as one of only five drivers to win four titles.

This season wasn’t easy for Verstappen. Red Bull started strong, but McLaren and Ferrari often had faster cars during the year. Despite this, Verstappen showed great skill and consistency, proving why he’s one of the best in the sport.

Red Bull team principal  Christian Horner believes this title, won in such tough conditions, makes Verstappen’s achievement even more special.

“I think this one is a very special victory, because, obviously, there have been challenges this year,” he said quoted by Motorsport Week.

“But I think that Max, he’s scored more than double the amount of race wins than any other driver. He’s won it with two races to go, he’s been head and shoulders the best driver on the grid in Formula 1, and I think what he’s really done this year is absolutely cement his position amongst the greats in the sport.

“I think that both statistically and on the way that he’s driven, that’s unquestionable now.”

He continued: “I think this was, together with 2021, the toughest.

“This one, we started the season very strongly. But by Miami, it was clear that McLaren had made a significant step.

“But Max, when you look back at the season as a whole, and you think back to the races he won in Imola and Barcelona and Montreal, that were all very tough, closely fought races.

“Through the summer months, when we were struggling a bit with the car, he was still second in Silverstone, second in Zandvoort.

“He was still picking up big podiums and results and behind the scenes, was putting a massive amount of effort in, with the engineers and designers and on the simulator, more than any of the previous years.

“I think he’s been outstanding this year. Not only what he’s done in the cockpit, and I think he’s inspired within the cockpit, but out of the cockpit as well.

“The way he’s conducted himself, the way he’s worked with the engineers, and all the technical staff, has been phenomenal.”