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LAS VEGAS — Max Verstappen is hoping that what happens in Vegas won't just stay in Vegas — it will go down in the history books. The Red Bull racer could clinch the Formula 1 world championship here Saturday night and join the elite club of four-time champions, alongside only Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Alain Prost and Juan Manuel Fangio.
He suffered a five-place grid penalty for taking a new engine component, but he finished the race with a 19-second gap to the second-place finisher, Alpine’s Esteban Ocon. Norris finished that race in sixth, which he acknowledged was a blow to his title hopes. “I think post-Brazil was a tough one for me, because it was the first moment, realistically, when I’m like, 'It’s tough to achieve first position now.
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