SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Max Verstappen said he will run the number one on his car next season if he wins this year's Formula One championship.
Verstappen, who leads Lewis Hamilton in the championship by 19 points with four races to go, chose 33 as the number to accompany him for the rest of his career. F1's rules allow a reigning champion to swap from their chosen number to No.1 if they are the defending champion, although no driver has done this since Sebastian Vettel in 2014.
In the years since, Lewis Hamilton has always opted to run the No.