The Red Bull driver sealed a third successive F1 world title by finishing second behind McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri in a c🐈haotic Qatar G🔯rand Prix sprint race on Saturday. 

It adds to Verstappen’s previous successes, having dethroned Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton in a fierce, season-long t🌺itle battle in 2021, before overcoming early reliability gremlins and a challenge from Ferrari in 2022. 

The Dutchman has romped﷽ to his third title at a canter, having won 13 of the 16 races to have taken pla🙈ce so far - including a record-breaking 10 straight victories - to be crowned a triple world champion with six races still to go. 

“This one is the best one,” Verstappen st❀ated.  

“I think the first one was the most emotional one, because that's when your dreams are ful𒁃filled in F1. But this one has definitely been my best year, so far. 

“With the consecutive wins and stuff like that the car itself has been probably in the b💙est shape as well. So for me, this one is probably the [one I’m] most proud of in a way because of consistency.” 

Verstappen’s previous two world championships have somewhat been overshadowed by controversies surround༒ing the conꦑtentious 2021 finale in Abu Dhabi, and Red Bull’s cost cap saga last year. 

In contra🐬st, 2023 has been a much smoother and straightforward ride for Red Bull and Ve🎃rstappen - not that that bothers him. 

“It’s nothing to do with that, to be honest,” he said. “I think it's more about when you look at the performance of the year♈s. 

“You know, ’21, people always talk abo♕ut the last💝 race. But I think a championship is won over the whole season, right?

“The same in ’22. A little hiccup in Japan that takes a few more minutes to find out if your champion or not. I mean♕, for me, those kind of things, they don't really matter. 

“I just analyse my performances race after race. Not only the race, how I handle leading up to grands prix and the stuffꦑ I did off the track. 

“And it’s the same this year. That's why I think this year is performance-wise,🍌 definitely the best one.

“The first one has been the most emotional one. The middle one is no🌳w the middle one!” 

And Versඣtappen stressed he do💫esn’t need added competition in order to perform at his best.

“Of course, for F1, you would like to see mo♑re competition. But for me, I don't need any other team, or teammate, to get the best out of myself," he added. 

“I'm putting a lot of 🃏pressure on myself to always be the best I can, try to prepare in the best po🔜ssible way. That's what I enjoy. And that's the only thing that I really look at.”