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How Max Verstappen can win the title at the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix

There is a slim chance Max Verstappen can clinch his first world championship crown at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Verstappen leads Mercedes driver and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton by eight points ahead of the penultimate race.

It's a small margin, but mathematically a champion could be crowned on Sunday evening things go a certain way.

Verstappen becomes champion if...

  • He wins the race and scores the point for fastest lap and Hamilton finishes sixth or lower.

  • He wins the race but does not score the point for fastest lap and Hamilton finishes seventh or lower.