Max Verstappen’s unbelievable win on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix moved him to the brink of a fourth consecutive Components 1 title.

The victory prolonged his result in 62 factors over Lando Norris with three races — a three-week triple header in Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi — nonetheless to return.

With a most 26 factors on provide at each grand prix, with 25 for victory and an extra one for a bonus level, and an extra eight on provide at Qatar’s dash race, there are solely 86 factors left to play for this season.

One permutation is easy for the Las Vegas Grand Prix: if Verstappen finishes forward of Norris, he would be the world champion. His lead solely must be 60 factors or larger leaving Nevada.

Norris should out-score Verstappen by three factors simply to maintain the championship alive for Qatar.

In F1 races, factors are handed out as follows: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. For a dash race, it’s 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.

Verstappen’s Brazil win — his eighth of the season — assured that he’ll win any factors tiebreaker between himself and Norris, who has gained thrice. The primary tiebreaker within the occasion of a factors impasse on the finish of the season is set by Grand Prix victories.

Ought to the championship prolong past Las Vegas, Verstappen will solely must accumulate 24 factors throughout the remaining three occasions to win.

In impact, it means Verstappen may end sixth on the remaining three races and, even with out scoring some extent within the Qatar dash, win the title.

The Dutchman has not completed outdoors the highest six at an F1 race this 12 months.

Ought to Verstappen fail to complete in Vegas or at each of Qatar races, he nonetheless has a assured lead over Norris going into the finale in Abu Dhabi.

Ought to that unlikely state of affairs happen and Norris win each races with the quickest lap, and the dash race, he would nonetheless be two factors down on Verstappen going into the ultimate race, highlighting the dimensions of the problem now going through the McLaren driver.