FACTS AND STATISTICS: Mercedes take 60th one-two as Max Verstappen becomes F1’s sixth four-time champion

• Hamilton has now finished on the podium at 36 different circuits, extending the F1 record he already held.

• Tonight’s result was Mercedes’ 60th one-two in their constructors’ history, and their first since Sao Paulo 2022 (they lost out on a one-two in Belgium earlier this year due to Russell’s aforementioned disqualification).

• Carlos Sainz finished P3 for Ferrari – his third top-two finish in the last four Grands Prix.

• Teammate Charles Leclerc took P4 and is the top scorer in the US races this season with 64 points).

• After crossing the line in P5, Max Verstappen became the sixth driver in F1 history to win four (or more) world championships, following Juan-Manuel Fangio, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton.

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• Verstappen joins Nelson Piquet (1981) and Keke Rosberg (1982) to win the championship in Las Vegas.

• Verstappen won the Vegas title by finishing P5, as Piquet – the father of his girlfriend – did in 1981.

• Verstappen has won the championship on Saturday night for the second consecutive year (he won it at the F1 Sprint in Qatar last year).

• He has led the Drivers’ Championship continuously since 22 May 2022, the longest run in F1 history.

• Red Bull scored for the 65th straight race today, the second-longest streak in history (Ferrari scored in 83 straight from 2010 to 2014).