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The elite list of F1 world champions Verstappen has joined
Max Verstappen, the Red Bull driver, secured his third consecutive drivers’ title and was crowned a three-time world champion in the sprint race at Losail on Saturday. This victory puts him in an elite group of only 10 drivers in Formula 1 history who have won at least three world championships. Verstappen, 26, joins the likes of Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, Jackie Stewart, and Jack Brabham as a triple world champion. On the all-time list of F1 world champions, he now trails only Alain Prost, Sebastian Vettel, Juan Manuel Fangio, Michael Schumacher, and Lewis Hamilton, who have won four, five, and seven titles respectively. Verstappen’s achievement of winning three consecutive championships also puts him in the company of Fangio, Schumacher, Vettel, and Hamilton. With six more races to go, including the main race in Qatar on Sunday, Verstappen’s title triumph comes in a season that has already witnessed numerous records being broken.
Source: Crash
