Call it the “Max Factor,” as you can never count out Red Bull driver Max Verstappen.

The four-time reigning world champion earned his seventh victory of the season, and second in as many weeks, at the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday.

It was also Verstappen’s 70th career GP victory and his third straight at the Lusail International Circuit.

Verstappen was a whopping 104 points adrift of points leader McLaren’s Oscar Piastri following his home race at the Dutch Grand Prix on the final day of August.

Now, Verstappen is just 12 back of McLaren’s Lando Norris with one race remaining, and his dream to capture a fifth consecutive title is well within reach. Had Norris finished ahead of Verstappen on Sunday, the “drive for five” would have ended.

Verstappen qualified third on the grid but had the

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