Max Verstappen has revealed that his Las Vegas party plans were ‘not ideal’ after he clinched his fourth consecutive title. The Red Bull ace was worried that he would find fellow partygoers already ‘completely wasted’ if he joined them at 4am. He could not go any earlier because of the late Grand Prix start time in Nevada.

Verstappen held off competition from Lando Norris to win his fourth World Drivers Championship, taking an unassailable 63-point lead into the final two races of the season. But he had to make alternative plans to make sure he did not join a drunken party while sober.

Verstappen sent a text to Dutch DJ Martin Garrix to get the party started.

“Vegas was good. First of all, the weekend, of course, we wanted to try to win it there, just so that we were over with it. The race itself was nothing too special for me, because we’re not the quickest, but we won the championship and that was all that mattered,” Verstappen told The Times.

“It is a great place. But I left the track at 4am... you can go to a club and everyone’s completely wasted already, so it’s not really that nice to join in. In that sense, it is not ideal.

“But luckily my friend Martin Garrix was there. So we just organised something and I had some guys from the team as well. They joined in and we just had a great time all together, just having some drinks and laughing.”

It has been another drama-filled season for Verstappen. He raced for the second half of the campaign without the fastest car, frequently complaining about the RB20.

The 27-year-old has faced criticism and even penalties for his robust driving style. The legality of his attacking style has even been questioned by his fellow drivers, including title rival Norris.

However, Verstappen told his critics that they simply do not share his title-winning mentality.

“On the track I will put it all on the line,” he said ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix. “I am not going to back out. I want to win. That needs to be the end result.

“Some people criticise me for that. But most of them don’t have a championship-winning mentality so they don’t understand and they will never understand that kind of approach.”