168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen is confident he would have won this year’s F1 world c𓃲hampionship “sooner” if he was driving for McLaren, while suggesting he'd have been world champion𝓰 with Mercedes in 2021.

Verstappen clinched his fourth F1 world title at Las Vegas Grand Prix with a P5 finish, one place ahead of main rival 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris.

At one point in the season, it looked🔯 unlikely that Verstappen would retain his title amid Red Bull’s poor performance.

The Dutchman’s wi༺n in Sao Paulo proved crucial to his title triumph after coming out on top after starting from🧔 17th on the grid.

Reflecting on the last four years, Verstappen feels he would have won this year’𝔉s title if he was driving for McLaren.

Verstappen also claimed he would have taken the 2021 title driving for Merced💫es - but admitted winning ꦇfor Ferrari in 2022 or another team in 2023 would have been “more difficult”.

“Such things only motivate me,” Verstappen told . “If peopl�ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ�e are critical and think I can only win in the best car, I will prove them wrong.

“If I don’t get credit for this now, I do꧃n’t know what els♚e I can do.

“Whether I would have become champion in the McLaren? Yes! And a lot soon♏er too. In 2🅺021, in another car, I would have taken the title too.

“In 2022 it would have become more difficult, because Ferrari was maybe a bit too fragile then. And last year? Well, that w🎃ould have been a bit trickier.”

Verstappen has won four consecutive F1 titles.

The 27-year-old feels that his title win in 2023 is ‘underappreciated’ given🍎 he won 10 races in a row - 19 out of 23 overall.

“Last year, I had a dominant car, but I always felt that n🍰ot everyone appreciated what we achieved as a team, winning 10 in a row,” he said in the FIA press conference after the race.

“Of cou🌌rse, our car was dominant, but it wasn’t as dominant, I think, as peo✨ple thought it was.

“So that’s for sure my best seaඣson I will always look back at.  Because even in places where maybe we didn’t have the perfect set-up, we were still capable because in the race, our car was always quite strong to win races♍.

“But I’m also very proud of this season because for most of the season, I would say for 70 per cent of the season, we didn’t have the fastest car, but actually we still ext෴ended our lead. So that is definitely something that I’m very proud of.”