Max Verstappen hopes to end the Formula One season like he did last year — on a winning streak. Verstappen gained his ninth victory of the season at the race in Qatar on Sunday and the now four-time champion and the rest of the F1 teams will close the campaign in Abu Dhabi.

Max Verstappen will be replaced by Red Bull for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, according to a report. Verstappen won last weekend's Qatar Grand Prix, having won the 2024 Formula 1 championship following his title-clinching result at the Las Vegas Grand Prix last month.

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.