There are three races remaining in the Formula 1 season and Max Verstappen of Red Bull is close to a fourth consecutive world championship, which can wrap up Saturday night at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. — There’s a new race director following the firing of Niels Wittich that blindsided the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association so badly that it created an Instagram account to rebuke the lack of FIA transparency. “It was a bit of a surprise, I think, for everybody,” said Mercedes driver George Russell, a GPDA director.