If Red Bull's Max Verstappen sees off Lando Norris to seal the Formula One world championship in Las Vegas on Saturday, he will become just the sixth driver to win four titles. AFP looks at the other five who achieved that feat: Titles won: 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 Cars: Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes, Ferrari Born in 1911, Fangio was a successful driver at home in Argentina, notably winning the gruelling 10,000 kilometre (6,250 miles) Gran Premio del Norte in 1940, before becoming the first superstar of Formula One. He won the 1951 title with Alfa Romeo and went on to triumph with Maserati, Mercedes and Ferrari to become the first man to win five titles, a record that stood for 46 years.
He died aged 84 in 1995. In his own words: "I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere.
As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse." Titles won: 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993 Cars: McLaren, Williams The Frenchman, who was known as 'The Professor' for his analytical approach to the sport, is remembered by many as the dull counterpoint to the crowd-pleasing Ayrton Senna (three titles) in a rivalry that gripped F1 in the late 1980s, early 1990s. But he was a gifted, methodical driver who won his first three titles with McLaren and a fourth with Williams.
He might have had five had he not been pipped by half a point by Niki Lauda in 1984. In his own words: "My ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the rac.