#championship-battle

#championship-battle

Enjoying a late surge out of the final bend, Max Verstappen is looming large in the mirrors of his championship rivals. The Dutchman is a threat beyond his formidable pace. An ominous, unsettling presence whose singular determination carries a weight of its own and at this weekend's Mexican Grand Prix he will be hoping to put the hammer down once more.

Max Verstappen won the US Grand Prix with a dominant run for Red Bull at the Circuit of the Americas, and with victory he has staked his claim as a genuine contender in an increasingly tight Formula One world championship battle his title rival Lando Norris beaten into second and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc into third. With Norris's McLaren teammate, and the championship leader, Oscar Piastri managing only fifth