MAX VERSTAPPEN insists his controversial F1 title triumph was just reward for his ‘really unlucky’ season. “People always remember the last race but, if you look at the whole season, the championship should have been decided way earlier.”. And he claims it would have been far more painful for him than Hamilton if he had lost out in such a much-criticised manner. Verstappen said: “For me it’s difficult to picture myself in that situation, because I’m not a seven-time world champion. “If I was already a seven-time world champion it hurts a bit less than when I am fighting for my first, leading all the way, controlling it all the way, and then losing it on the last lap. “That would be way more painful than already having seven in the bag.

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