LAS VEGAS — As Charles Leclerc made his rounds inside the post-race media pen, the video screens behind him showed Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz riding in a Rolls Royce en route to the podium interviews.

There is a little more racing drama for Saturday night’s Las Vegas Grand Prix than a year ago when Max Verstappen was running away with the Formula 1 championship and most of the news centered on the disruptions leading up to the race.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen lit up the Las Vegas night after securing his fourth Formula One title in a row on Saturday in a race won by George Russell in a Mercedes one-two with Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen finished where he started in fifth but that was all the Dutch driver needed to put the championship,