Max Verstappen is confident he would have won the 2021 and 2024 F1 titles if he was driving for Mercedes and McLaren respectively.
is confident he would have won this year’s F1 world championship “sooner” if he was driving for McLaren, while suggesting he'd have been world champion with Mercedes in 2021.
The Dutchman’s win in Sao Paulo proved crucial to his title triumph after coming out on top after starting from 17th on the grid. Verstappen also claimed he would have taken the 2021 title driving for Mercedes - but admitted winning for Ferrari in 2022 or another team in 2023 would have been “more difficult”.. “If people are critical and think I can only win in the best car, I will prove them wrong.“Whether I would have become champion in the McLaren? Yes! And a lot sooner too. In 2021, in another car, I would have taken the title too.
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