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MAX VERSTAPPEN DOMINATES VEGAS AS LANDO CLOSES IN ON F1 TITLE FIGHT
Max Verstappen won the Las Vegas GP, but Lando Norris extended his F1 title lead with a P2 finish. Norris is now 30 points clear of teammate Oscar Piastri and can clinch his first championship in Qatar.
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Max Verstappen from Red Bull was the winner at the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday, but Lando Norris from McLaren is close to winning the Formula 1 title after he came in second, increasing his lead over his teammate Oscar Piastri to 30 points.
Piastri ended up in fourth place after Kimi Antonelli from Mercedes, who was ahead of the Australian when the race ended, had five seconds added to his time for starting too early.
George Russell, who won last year's race with the bright lights and is, like Norris, starting his 150th race, took third place for Mercedes.
With two more races and one short race to go, where a total of 58 points can be earned, Norris has 408 points compared to Piastri's 378, while Verstappen, who has won four world championships, still has a chance with 366 points.
Norris finished 20.741 seconds behind, but he now has the chance to win his first title in Qatar next weekend, and McLaren has already won the constructors' title for the second year in a row.
Quite a decent gap
Verstappen said, "The car was working quite well, much better than I expected," as he was driven to the podium with Norris and Russell in a pink Cadillac convertible made of LEGO bricks, driven by actor Terry Crews as fireworks lit up the sky above the Strip.
"In the end, there was quite a decent gap."
This was Verstappen's 69th victory in his career and his sixth this season, as well as his 125th time on the podium and eighth in a row in the 150th grand prix of Red Bull's partnership with Honda.
Norris lost the lead to Verstappen at the beginning, dropping to third when he went wide at the first turn, allowing the Dutch driver and Russell to pass him.
He took back second place from Russell on the 34th of 50 laps, but then he had to save fuel until the end.
"I let Max win," he joked. "I let him go and have a good race. No, I just braked too late," he added, using a bad word on live television, which could cause trouble for the Briton with the FIA, the sport's governing body.
"It wasn't my best performance, but when someone wins by 20 seconds, it's because they did a better job and are a bit faster."
Antonelli finished fifth, with Charles Leclerc from Ferrari in sixth and Carlos Sainz from Williams in seventh. Isack Hadjar came in eighth for Racing Bulls, and Nico Hulkenberg from Sauber and Lewis Hamilton from Ferrari finished in the top 10.
Piastri fell from fifth to seventh on the first lap after hitting Liam Lawson from Racing Bulls, who dropped to last place with a badly damaged car.
Verstappen was 20 seconds ahead of the others by lap 23 and made a pit stop at the halfway point, rejoining the race in the lead after Russell and Norris had already switched to the hard tyres.
Lance Stroll from Aston Martin was knocked out by Gabriel Bortoleto from Sauber when the Brazilian rookie drove aggressively into the first turn and ran out of room, causing both of them to retire immediately.
Pierre Gasly from Alpine also spun around when the race began, and a caution period was put in place during the second lap so workers could pick up pieces of car parts between the first and fourth turns.
The caution period was used once more on lap 16 because there were more pieces of cars on the track after Alex Albon from Williams and Hamilton crashed; Hamilton had moved up from 19th and last place to 13th place on the first lap.
Albon, whose team could not talk to him in his car from the very beginning, was given a five-second time penalty for causing the crash and was also warned for not following the correct steps at the start.
THE 2026 ULTIMATUM: WHY NEXT SEASON IS "MAKE OR BREAK" FOR LEWIS HAMILTON
After a winless 2025 debut, Lewis Hamilton faces a pivotal year. See why Steiner believes the 7x champ is nearing the F1 exit.
Guenther Steiner, who used to run the Haas team, thinks Lewis Hamilton might quit Formula 1 if Ferrari can't get to the top of the Driver's Championship by 2026—he thinks that season will be super important for the racing star.
Hamilton had a tough first year with Ferrari, ending up sixth in the F1 rankings with 156 points.
That was 86 points behind his teammate, Charles Leclerc, and he didn't even get on the podium once, which is a first for him in a full season.
He often said he was bummed out about how his Ferrari debut was going.
Back in November, after the Las Vegas Grand Prix, he told Sky Sports, I feel awful. This has been the worst season ever, and it just keeps getting worse no matter how hard I try. I'm trying everything I can, both in and out of the car.
Hamilton looked pretty sad a lot during the season because he couldn't really fight for race wins.
Steiner told Sports Krone, I think if Ferrari has a good car next season, Hamilton might be able to turn things around. If they are more competitive, Lewis might find his drive again. But if things stay the same, next season will probably be his last in Formula 1. He's not going to go through that again. The situation is tough for him, and you could see that in every interview. So, the next season will be key for him.
What's Hamilton saying about quitting?
When the media asks Hamilton about his F1 future, he doesn't want to talk about retiring.
At the end of the season, when someone asked him what he would say to those who think he might retire soon, the 40-year-old said, I wouldn't say anything to them. None of them have done what I've done, so they don't know anything more than I do.
Last summer, after some rumors that he might leave early, Hamilton said he's staying at Ferrari until his contract is up.
He said, For those writing stories about me thinking about not racing, I've just started here with Ferrari. I've been here for a few years, and I'm in it for the long run, so there's no question about what I'm focused on achieving with this team. There are zero doubts, so please stop making stuff up.
In 2026, everyone will still be wondering about Hamilton's future in F1, mainly if Ferrari keeps struggling with the new rules. And if Steiner is right, another year of not competing for a championship could be the end for him.
MAX VERSTAPPEN NAMED PEER-VOTED DRIVER OF THE YEAR FOR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE SEASON
Max Verstappen wins his 5th straight F1 peer award, beating champion Lando Norris. Lewis Hamilton drops out of the top 10 for the first time.
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Max Verstappen copped his fifth straight driver-of-the-year award in Formula 1's secret peer vote, even though he almost grabbed a fifth title in 2025 but didn't quite make it.
The drivers all voted in secret, except for four guys. The Red Bull driver beat out Lando Norris, who just won the world championship, for the number one spot.
The voting worked like the normal F1 points system. Drivers ranked their top 10 rivals. Verstappen got 25 points from six votes to win.
Norris, who won his first championship after a crazy season, came in second in the driver rankings for the second year running.
The McLaren driver won the title after fighting off pressure from Verstappen and his teammate, Oscar Piastri, all season long.
George Russell took third, moving up one spot from last year. The Mercedes driver had a killer season with two wins and seven more podiums.
Piastri was fourth, up one spot, even though his championship hopes fizzled out near the end. The Aussie was leading by 34 points at one point before his performance dropped off.
Charles Leclerc finished fifth, down two spots, even though he got everything he could out of Ferrari's SF-25. The Monegasque driver had seven podiums during a tough season that saw Ferrari finish fourth.
Carlos Sainz held onto sixth after a great comeback at Williams. After a rough start, the Spaniard grabbed two podiums in a strong second half of the season.
Fernando Alonso jumped two spots to seventh, and the two-time world champion had some crazy drives in Aston Martin's AMR25.
Alex Albon took eighth after his best season with Williams, while rookies Oliver Bearman and Isack Hadjar rounded out the top 10, getting props for their awesome first seasons.
Pierre Gasly almost made the list, even with 10 Q3 appearances in Alpine's tricky A525.
Lewis Hamilton, who's won seven world championships, didn't show up in the rankings, which is a first since they started doing this poll. It shows how rough his first season at Ferrari was.
The four drivers who skipped the vote were Hamilton, Nico Hulkenberg, Lance Stroll, and Yuki Tsunoda.
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