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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Giles Richards in Las Vegas

‘Max is in that club’: Verstappen joins F1 greats after fourth drivers’ title

Max Verstappen has his image displayed on the Sphere after winning the F1 drivers’ title for a fourth time.
Max Verstappen has his image displayed on the Sphere after winning the F1 drivers’ title for a fourth time. Photograph: Ty ONeil/AP

“What I have witnessed with him, I have never seen before,” says Max Verstappen’s team principal, Christian Horner, expressing a quiet conviction in his driver on securing a fourth consecutive Formula One world championship.

Horner, chief executive of Red Bull Racing, believes Verstappen, who claimed the title in Las Vegas, is setting new standards and has now unequivocally taken his place in the pantheon of Formula One. After a season-long demonstration of skill, race craft, and ruthless determination to close out what has been his most challenging championship yet, Verstappen has earned the plaudits.

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