Verstappen shoots for record to end Mercedes' title streak

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands celebrates with teammates as he became F1 drivers world champion. (AP Photo/Toru Hanai)

Red Bull's double world champion Max Verstappen can equal a Formula One record in Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, and officially end Mercedes' unprecedented run of eight constructors' titles in a row.

Verstappen, last year's winner at the Circuit of the Americas, needs one more victory to join German greats Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel as the only drivers to have racked up 13 wins in a single season.