His fourth title was hard-won. As title defenses go, 2025 is already shaping up to be an even greater test for Max Verstappen.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen lit up the Las Vegas night after securing his fourth Formula One title in a row on Saturday in a race won by George Russell in a Mercedes one-two with Lewis Hamilton.Verstappen finished where he started in fifth but that was all the Dutch driver needed to put the championship,