Max Verstappen upends F1 title fight with U.S. Grand Prix sweep

AUSTIN, Texas — As the writing on your rear-view mirror reads, objects are closer than they appear.

Given that, the rear-view mirrors at McLaren are filled with nothing but the RB21 of Max Verstappen.

The four-time Drivers’ Champion continued his drive for five over the weekend in Austin, securing pole position for both the F1 Sprint race as well as the United States Grand Prix, taking 33 of the maximum 33 points available to him, and closing to within 26 points of second-place Lando Norris, and 40 points of championship leader Oscar Piastri.

The weekend might have even turned Verstappen into a believer.

While he told the media after his win in the

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