After a season that is unparalleled in racing history, Max Verstappen becomes world champion again. Only Schumacher, Hamilton, Fangio and Vettel have managed this three times in a row – and the Dutchman wants even more.
The virtual staging was impressive; never before has a Formula 1 champion been celebrated in such huge letters as on the grandstand roofs of the Losail International Circuit. But the light strip in the desert night was surpassed by a very simple and analogous gesture from Max Verstappen. It was she who made it tangible for him and many others what had happened in the sprint before the Qatar Grand Prix. The Dutchman raised his hand and then showed one fireproof finger after the other: one, two, three.