Verstappen wins Las Vegas race and Norris close to title
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Dutchman Max Verstappen, Red Bull driver, won the title of champion of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, twenty-second round of the Formula 1 World Championship, Sunday November 23, 2025, in the American state of Nevada.
Verstappen, world champion for the last four years, finished the race distance, which amounted to 309.958 km (50 laps), with a time of 1:21:08.429 hours, 20.741 seconds ahead of the British duo Lando Norris (McLaren) and 23.546 seconds over George Russell (Mercedes).
Max Verstappen took his second victory in Las Vegas after 2023, the sixth this season and the 69th of his career, and he also reached the podium for the eighth consecutive round.
Lando Norris nearly won his first title by finishing second in the twenty-second round of the Formula One World Championship, two rounds before the end.
Norris leads the general classification of the Formula 1 World Championship, with 390 points, 26 points ahead of his Australian colleague Oscar Piastri, who finished fourth, and Max Verstappen.
At the constructor level, the fight for second place is intense between Mercedes, second with 423 points, Red Bull, third (391), and Ferrari (371), after leader McLaren won the title for the second year in a row (786).
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