Max Verstappen is 40 points behind Oscar Piastri and 26 points behind Lando Norris. As things stand, drivers can earn a maximum of 141 points between now and the end of the F1 2025 season. Absolutely. With each passing week, Verstappen is gaining ground in the title battle.

The reigning world champion looked dead and buried in the title fight after the summer break, as Piastri’s Dutch Grand Prix triumph moved him over 100 points clear of Verstappen, and 34 points ahead of team-mate Norris. However, since then, momentum has swung in the Red Bull driver’s favour.

Red Bull star Max Verstappen won his fourth Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in five years, Sunday, Oct. 19 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Verstappen started on pole and lead wire-to-wire, finishing with a sizable, nine-second advantage for his fifth victory of the 2025 season.

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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen raced to his third victory in four races Sunday at the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, while McLaren’s Lando Norris took a huge chunk out of teammate Oscar Piastri’s championship lead by finishing second.

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Max Verstappen continued his late-season charge up the Formula One drivers’ championship standings with a commanding win at the United States Grand Prix, leading every lap from pole and crossing the line ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and McLaren’s Lando Norris.