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.

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

Rank	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	393
2	Lando Norris	331
3	Charles Leclerc	307
4	Oscar Piastri	262
5	Carlos Sainz	244
6	George Russell	192
7	Lewis Hamilton	190
8	Sergio Perez	151
9	Fernando Alonso	62
10	Nico Hulkenberg	31
11	Yuki Tsunoda	28
12	Pierre Gasly	26
13	Lance Stroll	24
14	Esteban Ocon	23
15	Kevin Magnussen	14
16	Alexander Albon	12
17	Daniel Ricciardo	12
18	Oliver Bearman	7
19	Franco Colapinto	5
20	Liam Lawson	4
21	Zhou Guanyu	0
22	Logan Sargeant	0
23	Valtteri Bottas	0