Max Verstappen: “It has been my best season”

The Dutchman won the 2024 Formula 1 drivers’ championship in Las Vegas
Max Verstappen became four-time world champion Formula 1after having mathematically secured the championship by finishing fifth in the Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024. In a press conference he highlighted that his fourth title has been the most special of all the ones he has achieved.
“Without a doubt, it has been my best season. “I’m very proud because for most of the year, I would say for 70% of the season, we didn’t have the fastest car,” he said. Max Verstappen.
The Dutch driver joins a select group of drivers who have been able to win four championships in the F1 as Michael Schumacher (7), Lewis Hamilton (7), Juan Manuel Fangio (5), Alain Prost (4) and Sebastian Vettel (4). For Max Verstappen It is a special moment to be compared to other legends of the ‘Great Circus’.
“When you grow up competing and you see all those statistics from some legendary drivers, it’s very impressive and I hope that one day I can be on the podium, win a race, maybe win a championship, it’s pretty difficult to win one. Fortunately we did it,” he commented.
Despite adding 8 victories this season, he had a year of ups and downs with the team Red Bull with 11 fewer wins compared to 2013. He assures that even without having the fastest car, they knew how to overcome moments of crisis this year.
“We started well, but then we had a lot of difficult races. And that’s something I’m really proud of, those tough races where we definitely weren’t the fastest car. We stayed calm, most of the time. We maximized and even exceeded performance in some places, highlighted the pilot of Red Bull.
Behind him Las Vegas GP, Max Verstappen reached 403 points, 63 more than its main competitor this season Lando Norris. The Dutch driver needed to leave Sin City with at least 60 points if he wanted to secure the championship this weekend.
There are two grand prizes left to be held in Qatar and Abu Dhabi respectively. In these last races the constructors’ championship that is currently fighting will also be defined McLaren and Ferrari.