Max Verstappen clinched a fourth straight Formula One title at the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday night. AFP Sports looks at five races that made this year's battle for the crown an unpredictable rollercoaster.

Max Verstappen claimed a fourth consecutive Formula One world title under the lights of the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday.With the title in sight, Verstappen then watched as Sainz and Leclerc also went by but safe in the knowledge that even a fifth place finish would deliver the title.

Max Verstappen joined a select group of Formula One greats with his fourth title in Las Vegas on Saturday but stretching the run to five in a row next year could be an even bigger, and more thrilling,