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It was a long overdue triumph for the Briton who held the record for most podiums without a win (15), having finished runner-up an agonising eight times in 110 Grands Prix.
The loss also crushed Mohun Bagan's dream of becoming the first team to defend the ISL Cup and complete a rare double of winning the League Winners' Shield and the title.
The comfortable victory from pole position at a Shanghai circuit that last hosted a Grand Prix in 2019 was Verstappen's fourth in five races in 2024 and came after he also won the season's first Saturday sprint.
Both these teams are heading into the knockouts with identical forms, losing thrice along with drawing and winning once each in their previous five games.
The Highlanders, who were last in the table in 2022-23, finished seventh with 26 points from 22 matches.
Cavalli, who used bright colours and patchwork effects in his often revealing creations, was an extroverted art lover who wore tinted glasses and smoked a cigar.
Verstappen, who becomes only the second driver to win three consecutive Japanese Grands Prix alongside seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, now has a 13-point lead in the drivers standings over Perez.
It was Verstappen's first DNF (did not finish) since retiring from Albert Park in the 2022 race and ended his run of race wins at nine.
Sergio Barbosa da Silva scored both the goals for Delhi in the second half.
Sergio Perez was runner-up under the Jeddah Corniche floodlights, last year's winner taking the chequered flag 13.643 seconds behind his triple world champion teammate who now has a 15-point lead in the standings.