Verstappen responded with the greatest display of his F1 career. In rainy conditions, he charged through to victory, taking the lead at the same moment Norris slid down the order after a mistake at Turn 1. A symbolic moment of the diverging paths of their title aspirations.

New four-time world champion Max Verstappen very proud of 2024 as I would say for 70 per cent of the season, we didnt have the fastest car; Verstappens latest triumph comes in year of tension between his father and team boss,