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Las Vegas Grand Prix: Max Verstappen changes his tune to win thriller
World champion ‘so excited to come back next year’ after much-maligned race weekend finally delivers on the hype
Verstappen had been a vocal critic of the weekend’s razzmatazz but had little to complain about after one of the best races of the season
REUTERS
Max Verstappen channelled Elvis Presley as he blasted out a rendition of Viva Las Vegas after taking the chequered flag under the lights in Las Vegas.
He later joked, while still wearing his Elvis-inspired race suit, that he may need to take singing lessons from Geri Halliwell, the former Spice Girl and wife of Red Bull’s team principal, Christian Horner, as apparently all was forgiven in Sin City.
The 26-year-old had spent most of the week with nothing good to say about the Las Vegas Grand Prix, describing it as “99 per cent show and 1 per cent sporting event”. He was unhappy with the razzmatazz surrounding the event as Formula 1 fully embraced its glitzy surroundings in the Nevada desert.
But in the early
