Max Verstappen News
| Pos | Driver | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Max Verstappen NED | 396 |
Assessing some of the key potential factors at play for the Decider in the Desert as Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri take 2025's unpredictable battle for the Formula 1 world title down to the nerve-jangling wire.
Max Verstappen said Zak Brown could call him "Chucky" after the McLaren chief likened him to a "horror movie" character amid his pursuit of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in an F1 title race that has gone down to the wire.
Formula 1's 2025 title fight will be settled by a thrilling three-way decider in Abu Dhabi after Max Verstappen beat Oscar Piastri to victory in the Qatar Grand Prix and championship leader Lando Norris finished only fourth.
Lando Norris has accused Max Verstappen of "talking nonsense" after his title rival claimed that he would have won this year's Formula 1 world championship "easily" in the Brit's McLaren car.
Max Verstappen has warned Oscar Piastri that he can "label himself a number two driver" if he sacrifices his own championship hopes to aid his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris' title bid.
Max Verstappen holds an advantage of being under less pressure in F1's title fight than Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, according to former world champion Sebastian Vettel - who also says the Dutchman's continued rate of improvement is "scary".
Max Verstappen says he "meant it" after he told Lando Norris his "time would come" after the British driver missed out on last year's title.
Max Verstappen has admitted that he made "a mistake" by crashing into George Russell at the Spanish Grand Prix after everything "went red" for him amid extreme frustration.
Red Bull's two Formula 1 teams will launch their new 2026 car liveries for the first season of the sport's new rules era together in January at a Ford event in Detroit to kick off their new engine partnership with the American car giant.
It was a cracking Sao Paulo Grand Prix all round, with a frenzy of action, overtaking and controversy, and it didn't even need rain to spice things up.
Max Verstappen ruled himself out of the Formula 1 title race as he insisted that he had to "be realistic" despite a thrilling comeback to finish third in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen said he couldn't understand how his car could be "this bad" as Red Bull suffered their worst qualifying performance since 2006 at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Formula 1's three-way title race resumes this weekend in Brazil with a different McLaren driver at the top of the standings for the first time in over six months.
Just 36 points separate Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen after the North American double-header which provided plenty of drama.
Lewis Hamilton says "it's kind of nuts" he was the only driver to receive a penalty for cutting a corner during the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Lando Norris has vowed to take a title-defining victory at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday evening as his main rivals were left mystified by their lack of pace.
Formula 1 heads to Mexico City for this weekend’s latest Grand Prix with focus more than ever on the top of the Drivers’ Championship after a dramatic Sprint weekend in Austin saw Lando Norris and Max Verstappen make further inroads into Oscar Piastri’s points lead.
Helmut Marko says a "different approach" to Red Bull engineering their car lies behind the surge in form that his catapulted Max Verstappen back into title contention.
Max Verstappen and Red Bull were on blistering form in Austin, dominating both qualifying sessions along with relatively comfortable victories in the Sprint and the main Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen admitted the "chance is there" for him to now win this year's Formula 1 world championship after his once-unlikely title comeback was turbo-charged by a perfect weekend at the United States Grand Prix.
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| # | Driver | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lando Norris | 408 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 396 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | 392 |
| 4 | George Russell | 309 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | 230 |
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| # | Driver | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lando Norris | 408 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 396 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | 392 |
| 4 | George Russell | 309 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | 230 |
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