Motor Sport News : Hero's welcome for Verstappen as he arrives at Red Bull as Formula 1 Champion

Max Verstappen arrived at the Red Bull Technology Campus in Milton Keynes in England as the Formula One World Champion for the first time on Wednesday.

After pipping his arch rival Lewis Hamilton of Mercedez at the final lap of the final race of the year, Verstappen was crowned the World Champion for the first time at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last weekend.

The Dutch driver has made it clear that he wants to stay with Red Bull Racing for the foreseeable future.

The 24-year-old Red Bull driver said, "I hope I can do this for another 10-15 years altogether because there is no reason to leave and I have such a good relationship with everyone that, you know, this is really where I want to be for a long time."

Team principal Christian Horner said his team's strategy to switch to new soft tyres was a great one. He also said he was puzzled why Mercedes did not follow suit given Lewis Hamilton was on similar tyres for about 40 odd laps of the race.