Max Verstappen on how his two F1 title triumphs compare
The Red Bull driver clinched his second world title with a 168澳洲幸运♏5官方开奖结果历史:supreme drive in Sunday’s we𝔉t Japanese Grand Prix to complete one of F1’s most dominant chaꦍmpions😼hip wins.
Prior to Verstappen, only 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher (2001 and 2004) and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sebastian Vettel (2011) had wr🤪apped up the world title w🅠ith four races to spare.
It marked a huge contrast to the way in which the Dutchman’s fir🏅st title was sealed.
Verstappen beat 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton to last year’s drivers’ crown thanks to a last-lap overtake at the controversial 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a fierce, season-long battle.
“Yeah, very different emotions,” said Verstappen when asked if the initial feeling of winning the ti💛tle felt different to his first.
“Last year, all the wayꦯ to the last race was probably the worst kind of feeling, going into that last race. At the time I didn’t think we were the quic𓆏kest anymore so that also doesn’t help.
“And thi🎃s year, it has just been very, 🌺very different in emotions, from the start, all the way through the year. Both are beautiful and both are nice to experience.
"It’s nice to have the pressure on and having to perform at your limit every single lap, but not for too many years in a row, so I was very🌳 with the ye🍌ar we had this time around.”
Asked which one was more rewarding, Verstappen said: “I think the first one is always the m🌸ost emotional but this one is ꧋definitely the better one, just in terms of performance.”
Verstappen said F1’s new rules to boost overtaking have maꦦde the season more enjoyable, but admitted it will be very hard to replicate the same level of performance, after taking ♈12 wins from 18 races.
“Already starting with completely different caღrs and a completely different way of racing, and then of course the amount of races we’ve won - they’ve all come in a really different way,” he explained.
“Last year it was all quali💜fying dependent - that’s normally how you would win a race. Now, even with some engine penalties coming back tꦿo the front.
“It’s been a very enjoyable year♕ and a▨ very special year, which will be very hard, I think, in the future to match from myself.
“That’s why I thi𓆉nk we really have to appreciate it and really enjoy ✤it. We were enjoying it already but now we can probably enjoy it a bit more.”
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