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Two points: that’s how close Max Verstappen came to equalling Michael Schumacher’s feat of winning five consecutive Formula 1 world championships, despite having fallen more than 100 points behind in

It’s such a dramatic ride that movie director Ron Howard made a film about it.

Sixty years ago the Australian became the first, and still the only, driver to win a title in a car bearing his name.

Lando Norris began the season in style – well, almost – with victory in the Australian Grand Prix. He qualified his McLaren on pole and recovered from synchronised grass-tracking with Oscar Piastri am

David Addison and Colin Casserley pick out the oval moments of 2025

The season ended rapid-fire on consecutive weekends and amid those shots a new world champion was crowned. In Vegas Max Verstappen re-lit the dying embers of his title challenge with a victory around