Red Bull driver will earn his fourth successive drivers' championship if he finishes Sunday's race ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris
Red Bull driver will earn his fourth successive drivers’ championship if he finishes Sunday’s race ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norrisbut by the time he victoriously crossed the line under the neon glow of the Strip he had, as so many before, fallen to the wiles of Sin City. On the floors of the casinos amid the miasma of smoke and bellows of adulation at the roll of a dice, Verstappen is recognised as a man who makes his own luck and no city in the world is better placed to acknowledge that.
Briefly separated from the arcane magic of the craps table, Greg Martin, who flew in from Colorado for the race and has no affiliation to any team or driver but enjoys what US fans refer to as “auto racing” in all its forms, has been drawn to Verstappen’s spirit. “He’s a fighter,” he said. “He races hard, he gives it his all. That’s what you want to see. It should be tough and when it is, the best comes out on top. That’s why I’ve come to see Max win.
Should he do so, expect a special show of recognition in his honour from the fountains at the Bellagio. And the show, lest it be forgot, is important. Last year opened with something of a debacle.
The circumstances this time are markedly different. Last year Verstappen had gone into the race having already cantered to the title in a season he completely controlled, sealed four rounds before Las Vegas. This time he has had to fight for it and to conclude it in the city that has seen so many decisive title fight bouts in the past is entirely appropriate.
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