MAX VERSTAPPEN claims he would have been world champion “long ago” had he been driving Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes supercar. I find it much more important what I think and what people who are close to me think. Such is the bitterness that now runs between the two teams, Verstappen cannot even bring himself to say Hamilton’s name. Some people find me aggressive, others very aggressive and some people don’t. The last races I have to defend more because we are a bit slower. Former world champion, Nico Rosberg, says he could not sleep before his duel with Hamilton in 2016 – and last night, Verstappen was looking forward to getting a good night’s sleep. “We really are trying to get everything out of our cars to the last lap, the last corner.

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