Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has entered the Formula 1 annals after becoming the Netherlands’ first ever world champion – and claiming his team’s first drivers’ title since 2013.
Following the conclusion of a blockbuster 2021 season, Verstappen earned the drivers’ crown after a duel with his title rival Lewis Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale, winning out on the very last lap of a dramatic encounter.
Celebrate the achievement in the video up top and fete F1’s newest world champion.
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