If Max Verstappen had cut the figure of a teenager dragged on a dreadful family holiday in the build-up to the Las Vegas Grand Prix, he was more 'kid in a candy store' after taking the chequered flag on Sunday morning.
Fans sceptical of F1's expensive sojourn to the Strip had found their hero ahead of the grand prix with world champion Verstappen declaring the circuit "National League" and grumpily responding to a host of subplots around the weekend.
