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Max Verstappen sympathizes with Lewis Hamilton. The Dutchman speaks extensively about his rival and was deeply impressed by the way Hamilton dealt with his sour defeat.
It was a chill and cold end to a season-long thriller for the seven-time world champion. On the final lap, Hamilton lost a certain-seeming world title due to a Safety Car situation and his team’s miscalculation after race director Michael Masi decided to let go of the field for the final lap. As a result, Verstappen was able to drive the Mercedes still pass in an otherwise hopeless race.
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Verstappen speaks with Sky Sports about the bitter end for the Brit. “Of course it’s a very difficult situation when you lose the championship in the last round. In a way it’s very difficult to put myself in him. I fought for my first title and he already had seven. Hopefully he can get there get some positive feelings out of it. At the bottom of the line it is of course painful,” says the Dutchman.
Goods sportsmen
Afterwards, however, Hamilton was there like the chickens to congratulate his major competitor as one of the first with his world title, Verstappen also noted. “What was very nice to experience was that Lewis immediately came to me from his car and congratulated me. That is what true sportsmen do. Especially in Lewis’s situation, that was very clever. Also congratulations from Lewis’s father, by the way , he adds.
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