Max Verstappen’s fourth consecutive drivers’ championship was hard-won, but additionally statistically preordained.
Each driver in Method 1 historical past who has received three consecutive championships has gone on to take a fourth, a sample Verstappen continued final weekend. Among the many 4 drivers he emulated had been Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957 and Michael Schumacher in 2003.
Verstappen additionally did the identical as the one different driver to win a world championship for Crimson Bull, Sebastian Vettel, in 2013 and his rapid predecessor as champion, Lewis Hamilton, in 2020. Alain Prost is the one four-time F1 champion who didn’t win 4 in a row.
The Crimson Bull driver has now received two titles on a Sunday and two on a Saturday. Previous to Verstappen’s title-clinching drive within the Qatar dash race final yr, no driver had received the world championship on a Saturday since Keke Rosberg within the 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas. The one driver who received the title outdoors of a Sunday was Nelson Piquet, who grew to become champion in 1987 when Nigel Mansell’s crash throughout Friday observe dominated him out of the penultimate spherical in Japan.
The constructors’ championship is but to be determined, however Ferrari moved nearer to leaders McLaren as Carlos Sainz Jnr and Charles Leclerc completed third and fourth. For the reason that final race weekend Ferrari are actually of their longest ever constructors’ championship drought: It’s been 5,866 days since they received the 2008 title, six days longer than the hole between their 1983 and 1999 wins.
George Russell claimed the third grand prix win of his profession and led Mercedes to their first one-two of the season. All this additionally occurred at Spa earlier this yr, just for Russell to be disqualified because of a technical infringement.
F1 has set new information for competitiveness this yr because of Russell’s win. He’s the seventh totally different driver to assert a couple of win, beating the 1981 report of six. The one exception among the many main 4 groups is the completely win-less Sergio Perez.
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4 totally different groups have now received 4 races every, which has additionally by no means occurred earlier than. However after all this was not doable in 30 of the 76 world championship seasons when fewer than 16 rounds had been held.
Six totally different drivers have received the final six rounds: Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, Leclerc, Sainz, Verstappen and Russell. There hasn’t been a season with greater than seven in a row for the final 40 years, and the report stands at 9.
F1 has now had 13 grands prix with none driver taking back-to-back victories. This final occurred from the ultimate spherical of the 2016 season as much as the twelfth occasion of the next yr.
Russell’s win got here from the fifth pole place of the yr (together with his 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix pole place, which Method 1 ignores) and places him stage with Giuseppe Farina, Chris Amon, Clay Regazzoni, Patrick Tambay and Keke Rosberg.
Norris claimed the quickest lap for the fifth time this yr. Nobody else can due to this fact win the pole place trophy outright this yr, although both Verstappen or Leclerc might share it with the McLaren driver.
Pierre Gasly took a outstanding third on the grid for Alpine. This was the second-highest beginning place of his profession after his sole entrance row look on the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix, when he took second for AlphaTauri (due partly to the harm he picked up on his closing lap and the ensuing yellow flag it prompted).
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Aston Martin’s current droop continued. They had been the slowest staff when it comes to one-lap tempo final weekend and failed to attain for fourth occasion in a row, their worst run since their five-race point-less spell which straddled the 2022 and 2023 campaigns.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix was the 79th world championship spherical to happen in the USA. The USA, which holds three rounds per season, is now the second most frequent host of grands prix, tied with Britain (one race per yr) and Germany (none). Nevertheless it’s going to take many extra years for it to catch as much as Italy, which at present holds two races per yr and has already staged 107.
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