Lando Norris believes his McLaren team were simply “not ready” to win an F1 drivers’ championship this year after Max Verstappen sealed the title in Las Vegas. Verstappen finished fifth, a spot above Norris, in Sin City and now has an unassailable lead in the drivers’ championship with two races left.

Is Max Verstappen the greatest F1 driver of all time? It is a question which can legitimately be asked in the wake of his fourth consecutive world title, which he delivered beneath the blinking neon lights of Sin City here on Saturday night.