{"id":226356,"date":"2025-10-20T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T07:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/226356\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T07:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T07:34:08","slug":"formula-1-max-verstappens-perfect-weekend-could-spark-unprecedented-title-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/226356\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1: Max Verstappen\u2019s perfect weekend could spark unprecedented title triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Max Verstappen is making history with every race and could stage one of the most remarkable fightbacks Formula 1 has ever seen, according to two team bosses who have worked closely with the four-time world champion.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Dutch driver was 104 points behind McLaren\u2019s Oscar Piastri at the end of August and would have ridiculed anyone who seriously suggested he still had a chance of a fifth successive title.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI would have told him he was an idiot,\u201d the driver told reporters on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">After three wins in the last four races, he is now 40 points behind the Australian \u2013 still a hefty amount \u2013 and very much a threat. In Austin alone, he clawed back 23 points.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">If Verstappen were to come out on top, it would be an unprecedented turnaround even taking into account changed scoring systems.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Max Verstappen has closed the gap on drivers\u2019 championship leader Oscar Piastri. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16ee69dc-4ee5-42e5-9c2a-93195795c6ae_ccce3fd3.jpg\" title=\"Max Verstappen has closed the gap on drivers\u2019 championship leader Oscar Piastri. Photo: Reuters\"\/>Max Verstappen has closed the gap on drivers\u2019 championship leader Oscar Piastri. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI think watching Max driving is watching history in the making,\u201d Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies told reporters after Verstappen completed a perfect weekend with a US sprint and grand prix double from pole position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen is making history with every race and could stage one of the most remarkable fightbacks Formula&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[10219,49,48,578,576,577,8665,11753,1885,590,1072,592,1882,3014,82],"class_list":["post-226356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-austin","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-jonathan-wheatley","tag-laurent-mekies","tag-max-verstappen","tag-mclaren","tag-mexico","tag-oscar-piastri","tag-red-bull","tag-sauber","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}