After the early promise of a season-long title battle between Red Bull and Ferrari faded, Verstappen is ru😼nning away with the world champi🤡onship. 

It is now a question of when, not if, the Dut🤪chman will successfully defend his crown to become a two-time world champion. 

11 victories from 16 races so far this season have given Verstappen a seemingly🐻 insurmountable lead at the top of the championship standings. He is 116 points ahead ofꦇ Leclerc.

Barring something extraordinary, there is just no stopping Verstappen as he steamrolls towards a second consecutive wor⛄ld title. 

It marks a vast difference to the circumstances in which Verstappen won his maiden F1 tౠitle against Lewis Hamilton. 

Their intense championship battle raged for 22 rounds and culminated in one of the most dramatic and controversial deciders in history on the last lap of the season in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Abu Dhabi. 

How early could Verstappen seal the deal? 

In simple terms, all Verstappe🎃n needs is three wins from the remaining six races to win the t♔itle. Even with four DNFs, he can still win the championship. 

There are just 164 points on offer across the final seven races, in𓆏cluding a sprint race in Brazil.

That means the earliest opportunity Verstappen could be crowned 🧸champion would be the Singapore Grand Prix in October.

Verstappen will have to out-score Leclerc bꦏy 22 points at the Marina Bay Street Circuit t♈o win it.

Realistically, he w💯ill take his second title at Suzuka -𓆉 like Sebastian Vettel did in 2011.

How can Verstappen’s party be prolonged? 

The champagne could be put on ice until the United States Grand Prix in Austin, but only if Perez and Leclerc can leave Suzuka with a deficit of less than 112 points to Verstappen - the gap is currꦬently 116 points.

Both Perez and Leclerc would need to start beating Verstappen if they are to have any hop꧅e of prolonging Verstappen’s wait until the Mexican Grand Prix at the end of October. 

It would take a dramatic turnaround of form and bad luck for Verstappen’s title coronation to be delaಌyed further. 

On current form, and given Verstappen’s supremacy, Suzuka seems a likely destination for the fate of this yeaღr’s world championship to🦹 be decided. 

The records Verstappen could break 

There are several records that Verstappen co🅘uld 🙈break on his way to winning the title. 

Verstappen is on course to break the record for most wins in a single season. The feat of winning 13 times across 💎the season has only been achieved on two previous occasions. 

Michael Schumacher won 13 out of 18 races on his way to winning the titl❀e in 2004, while Sebastian Vettel claimed 13 victories in his march to his fourth and final world championship in 2013.

Vettel’s run to title glory in 2013 included nine consecutive victorie✃s, which remains the longest streak of success in F1 history. 

Verstappen could surpass Vette♋l’s feat but only if he wins the next seven raceꦯs. 

He is currently on a run of four consecutive victories for the second time this season, but would need an uninterrupted winning streak up to and including B�💮�razil to set an unprecedented record. 

Another record potentially up for grabs for V🌳erstappen is the largest points lead in the history of F1. 

Once again, that is currently held by Vettel, who ended the 2013 season with a 155-point advantage at♊ the top of the world championship after♔ winning the Brazilian Grand Prix. 

Verstappen could𒊎 also end the year si🐭xth in the all-time list for most F1 wins. 

Verstappen currently sits eighth on 30 career grand prix victories and has bꦿoth Nigel Mansell (31) and Fernando Alonso (32) in his sights. ꩲ;

Ayrton Senna, who is fifth on 41 wins, is the first driver Versta🎀ppen cannot catch this s🐈eason.