Lando will be striving to emulate Alain Prost (1986), Ayrton Senna (1991), and Mika Häkkinen (1999), who all successfully defended titles for McLaren with the No. 1 on their cars. Ayrton was the most prolific McLaren driver to wear the No. 1, triumphing 16 times with the number emblazoned across the front of his cars.

The astronomical wonder will reach its closest point to Earth on Friday, Dec. 19, at around 168 million miles away. Experts say it will be closest in the pre-dawn hours between 2:30 and 5 a.m. in the east to northeast skies near Regulus, the bright star in the constellation Leo.

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