The title is his, but Antonelli still has something to chase. Las Vegas offers a chance to join Verstappen in an exclusive club—and bring a Hamilton benchmark closer.
Kimi Antonelli has already conquered Miami and Austin. Win in Las Vegas, and he would become only the second driver to win all three American Grands Prix in the same season.
Max Verstappen completed that sweep in 2023. Nobody else has done it.
Victory on November 21 would also take Antonelli to 10 Grand Prix wins this season, leaving him one short of Lewis Hamilton’s personal best, with two races still to come.
The sweep only Verstappen has completed
Verstappen’s 2023 American treble began in Miami, continued at the Circuit of the Americas and ended with victory at the inaugural race on the modern Las Vegas Strip Circuit.
Neither of the following seasons produced a repeat. In 2024, Lando Norris won Miami, Charles Leclerc won Austin and George Russell won Vegas. In 2025, Oscar Piastri took Miami before Verstappen won the other two.
Antonelli has now given himself the opportunity. His Miami victory came on May 3, during his run of five consecutive wins. Austin followed on October 25, taking his season total to nine.
His championship-clinching podium in Mexico settled the biggest prize. The American sweep remains unfinished.
An Italian connection from a different Vegas
There is another Italian thread in this story.
The United States also hosted three Grands Prix in 1982, with three different winners: Niki Lauda at Long Beach, John Watson in Detroit and Michele Alboreto in Las Vegas.
Alboreto’s victory came at Caesars Palace, on a different circuit from today’s race around the Strip. It was his first Grand Prix win.
Forty-four years later, another Italian could leave Las Vegas with a milestone of his own.
The calendar helps explain why the sweep is so rare. Between 1982 and the arrival of the Strip race in 2023, no season offered drivers three U.S. Grands Prix to win.
Hamilton’s 11 is still within reach
In Eight Wins and Counting: How High Can Antonelli Climb?, we examined the season totals ahead of him. Austin has since moved Antonelli from eight victories to nine.
Hamilton’s highest annual total is 11 Grand Prix wins, achieved in 2014, 2018, 2019 and 2020. With Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi remaining, Antonelli needs two more victories to match it.
Winning all three would take him to 12, surpassing Hamilton’s best.
Vegas is the first opportunity. A win would complete the American treble and leave Antonelli with two chances to reach 11.
The championship is secured. How much more Antonelli adds to this season is still in his hands.
