• Hamilton has now completed on the rostrum at 36 completely different circuits, extending the F1 report he already held.
• This night’s end result was Mercedes’ sixtieth one-two of their constructor historical past, and their first since Sao Paulo 2022 (they misplaced out on a one-two in Belgium earlier this yr as a consequence of Russell’s aforementioned disqualification).
• Carlos Sainz completed in P3 for Ferrari – his third top-two end within the final 4 Grands Prix.
• Group mate Charles Leclerc took P4 and is the highest scorer in the US races this season with 64 factors).
• After crossing the road in P5, Max Verstappen grew to become the sixth driver in F1 historical past to win 4 (or extra) world championships, after Juan-Manuel Fangio, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton.
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• Verstappen joins Nelson Piquet (1981) and Keke Rosberg (1982) in successful the championship in Las Vegas.
• Verstappen gained the title in Vegas by ending P5, as did Piquet – the daddy of his girlfriend – in 1981.
• Verstappen has gained the championship on a Saturday night time for the second yr operating (he clinched it on the F1 Dash in Qatar final yr).
• He has led the drivers’ championship constantly since Might 22, 2022, the longest run in F1 historical past.
• Purple Bull scored for the sixty fifth consecutive race right now, the second-longest streak in historical past (Ferrari scored in 83 in a row from 2010 to 2014).
