After dominating the United States Grand Prix for Mercedes, 20-year-old Kimi Antonelli is just two points away from becoming the youngest world champion in Formula One history.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has welcomed Formula One's planned return to Africa, expressing his desire to prolong his career to race in the upcoming Rwanda Grand Prix.
Despite tropical downpours, software glitches, and tactical tyre gambles at Sepang, modern F1 stars delivered a thrilling race. Here are the top three takeaways as Max Verstappen stormed to victory.
Max Verstappen conquered treacherous conditions and strategy chaos to secure his first victory of the season, finishing ahead of Kimi Antonelli and a hard-charging Lewis Hamilton.