Dr Helmut Marko admits seeing Max Verstappen become world champion on Sunday provoked “much more intense” emotions even than Red Bull’s first ever title with Sebastian Vettel. “Mercedes simply had the best car at the end of the season.”. It will go down in history as one of the most emotional and controversial ends to a world championship contest ever. Where Alonso sees luck, however, Mercedes sees a breach of Formula 1’s own rules about the way in which lapped cars are re-organised before a re-start. But Max was the best driver this year and he deserves the world championship. “In the end he had one chance, one lap, and he did it.

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