A fifth consecutive Formula 1 championship is within Max Verstappen’s reach following the disqualifications of contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri after Saturday night’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. Verstappen won the event for the second time in three years to close the gap on Norris to just 42 points with two races

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel has said the rate at which Max Verstappen is improving is "scary."

Only Lando Norris can become Formula One world champion in Qatar this weekend but the McLaren driver could also be overtaken in the title race by both teammate Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen.

The connection with F1 began in 1950, the year the sport launched the first World Championship of Drivers, now the Drivers’ Championship. According to both the company and F1, Paul Chandon-Moët and his cousin Count Frédéric Chandon de Briailles toasted Argentine driver Juan Manuel Fangio with Moët after his French Grand Prix victory.

What began as a star-studded sprint down the Strip ended in a rule-book twist that rattled the championship race.

Sure, the fact that the reigning title holder of the World Drivers’ Championship, Max Verstappen, finished first—something he has done five times previously this season and now 69 times in his career—is no real surprise. The unexpected part was how the field behind him bounced around in positioning as if on a roulette wheel.