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The 2024 Formula One season will feature a record 24 races, the 23rd of which will take place in Qatar this weekend. Image: NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP

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EXPLAINER: How Max Verstappen can seal the F1 title in Las Vegas

Max Verstappen will join an elite band of drivers who have won four world titles if the dice roll in his favour in Las Vegas this weekend.

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21-11-24 10:20
Max Verstappen Qatar Grand Prix
The 2024 Formula One season will feature a record 24 races, the 23rd of which will take place in Qatar this weekend. Image: NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP

Max Verstappen will join an elite band of drivers who have won four world titles if the dice roll in his favour in Las Vegas this weekend.

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He is currently 62 points ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris with three races remaining and simply needs to be 60 clear at the end of the race to join that exclusive club of Juan Manuel Fangio (five titles), Alain Prost (four), Michael Schumacher (seven) Sebastian Vettel (four) and Lewis Hamilton (seven).

Here is how Max Verstappen can be champion:

– He wins the race

– He finishes ahead of Norris

– Norris finishes outside the top eight without claiming fastest lap

This weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix will be the 22nd of 24 in the 2024 season.

The remaining races will take place in Qatar (1 December) and Abu Dhabi (8 December).

As a reminder, the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix was won by Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in second.

Sergio Perez, also in a Red Bull, finished third.

LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX TIMES

All times SA

Friday, 22 November

Practice 1: 04:30 – 05:30

Practice 2: 08:00 – 09:00

Saturday, 23 November

Practice 3: 04:30 – 05:30

Qualifying: 08:00 – 09:00

Sunday, 24 November

Main race: 08:00

Standings ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix

Drivers

RankDriverPoints
1Max Verstappen393
2Lando Norris331
3Charles Leclerc307
4Oscar Piastri262
5Carlos Sainz244
6George Russell192
7Lewis Hamilton190
8Sergio Perez151
9Fernando Alonso62
10Nico Hulkenberg31
11Yuki Tsunoda28
12Pierre Gasly26
13Lance Stroll24
14Esteban Ocon23
15Kevin Magnussen14
16Alexander Albon12
17Daniel Ricciardo12
18Oliver Bearman7
19Franco Colapinto5
20Liam Lawson4
21Zhou Guanyu0
22Logan Sargeant0
23Valtteri Bottas0

Constructors

RankConstructorPoints
1McLaren593
2Ferrari557
3Red Bull544
4Mercedes382
5Aston Martin86
6Alpine49
7Haas46
8RB44
9Williams17
10Sauber0

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