Max Verstappen is now one in all a choose group of drivers in F1 historical past to turn out to be a four-time world champion, having sealed the title on the Las Vegas Grand Prix. In mild of the Dutchman’s achievement, we’ve taken a take a look at the well-known names he joins on the all-time record – in addition to the three who nonetheless stay forward of him…
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4-time F1 world champions
Alain Prost (1985, 1986, 1989, 1993)
After claiming his debut victory on house turf on the 1981 French Grand Prix, Alain Prost didn’t look again. The driving force who later grew to become often called ‘The Professor’ scored additional wins within the years that adopted, but it surely was not till 1985 that he skilled championship glory with McLaren, making him the primary French world champion.
Prost repeated the feat in 1986 to say back-to-back titles – earlier than his subsequent arrived throughout a interval famed for an intense rivalry with group mate Ayrton Senna. The pair had been a dominant drive in 1988, with McLaren profitable all however one race – but it surely was Senna who claimed his debut championship.
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Tensions escalated in 1989, culminating in a controversial collision on the Suzuka season finale which finally noticed Prost take the drivers’ crown. Following a transfer to Ferrari in 1990, historical past repeated itself when the pair had been once more concerned in a contentious conflict on the identical venue, with Senna claiming the championship on that event.
Relations between Prost and the Scuderia soured in 1991, ensuing within the Frenchman making an early exit earlier than the season was over. After a sabbatical in 1992, Prost returned to the grid with Williams in 1993 and earned his fourth and closing title earlier than retiring from the game on the finish of the marketing campaign.
