'...he’s won seven World Championships and he also won one of them when it looked like he was losing out and then in the last corner he didn’t.' F1
Max Verstappen ‘felt’ for Lewis Hamilton but ‘hoped’ he’d understand after Brazil 2008Max Verstappen says he felt for Lewis Hamilton after beating him to the 2021 World title on the final lap in Abu Dhabi, but “hoped” the Briton understood given he’d also won a title on the last lap of the season.
It went from disappointment to joy in the space of a few corners for Hamilton, the McLaren driver wrapping up his first of seven World titles. Hamilton led the race almost from start to finish and was cruising to both the race win and the title when, with former FIA race director Michael Masi using the opportunity to set up a one-lap shoot-out for the title.
It was a race where everything was in Hamilton’s favour until that moment it wasn’t, Verstappen admitting he felt for his title rival. “Nerves, nerves,” he said. “I mean this was the most important lap of my career up until that point. It’s going to be a World Championship or not.
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