Verstappꦿen and Hamilton engaged in a fierce, season-lon🦩g fight for the world championship which ended in controversial circumstances at the Abu Dhabi finale. 

Their back🥃-and-forth tussle fo💦r supremacy, which included several flashpoints and dramatic collisions, produced one of the most epic F1 seasons in history. 

Verstapp♔en was crowned world champion for the first time following a last lap, final race overtake on Hamilton, denying the Mercedes driver a record-breaking eighth world title.&nbs📖p;

A year and a half on from t🎶he events of 2021, Horner has a🃏dmitted the season took its toll.

🦹“It was the most intense, insane period because there was so much going on, on-track and off-track,” he told . 

“I didn’t haveꦅ a single grey hair before 2021! It aged me. It was the most insanely intense year that you could ever imagine. 

“It was like a heavyweight fight from the first race in Bahra𒐪in to that fi🌼nal round in Abu Dhabi.” 

An intriguing subplot of Verstappen and Hamilton’s duel was the r🔯ivalry and needle that emerged between Horner and Mercedes counterpar꧒t Toto Wolff throughout the season. 

Asked whether the pair have since mad�ℱ�e up, Horner replied: “I haven’t seen much of him recently. Of course in this competition [there] is needle but there’s also respect. That’s important. 

“They are a great team, a record-breaking team in so ♌manꦉy areas. We don’t underestimate them that they’ll be back at some point for sure. I’m sure then Toto will have plenty to say.”