Max Verstappen finished the 2023 f1 season with a victory on Sunday in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The reigning champion picked up his fourth win in a row at the Yas Marina Circuit and his seventh consecutive victory in the season. Verstappen started the race on pole position with Charles Leclerc of Ferrari in second. He kept his lead on the race's first turn but was forced to defend with all his might to keep Leclerc from taking the top spot on two occasions in the first lap.
Max Verstappen has extended his winning run in a convincing fashion in Formula 1. The three-time world champion started in pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix and drove unchallenged to victory. For Verstappen, it is his first Grand Prix win in Brazil since 2019. Last year, he finished in sixth.
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The victory from pole position under the Lusail floodlights was a 14th in 17 races, and a career 49th, for the 26-year-old Red Bull driver who clinched his third successive title in a Saturday sprint.