Brown spoke with TIME about this chase for the F1 title, the keys to his sport’s continued growth in the U.S., and his biggest mistake.

By Rory Carroll LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -McLaren are on the verge of winning the team's first Formula One constructors' championship since 1998 but CEO Zak Brown said on Thursday he is keeping the champagne on ice knowing full well how quickly fortunes can change in the sport.

Max Verstappen has teased Zak Brown about his past comments suggesting that the Red Bull star could ‘only win in the fastest car’ after the McLaren Racing CEO interrupted a Sky Sports F1 interview in Las Vegas.

Max Verstappen is a four-time world champion after he finished ahead of Lando Norris at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. It is the Dutchman’s fourth consecutive Drivers’ Championship as he continues to dominate Formula 1.

An amusing exchange took place between Max Verstappen and Zak Brown after the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Max Verstappen r eminded Zak Brown of a comment he made early in the year suggesting the Dutchman’s recent success was only down to the dominant F1 machinery given to him by Red Bull.