Max Verstappen's performance coach, Bradley Scanes, has given insight into the goings-on behind the scenes during the 2021 title battle between the Red Bull driver and Lewis Hamilton .

The 2021 Formula 1 drivers' championship became one of the most contentious title battles in the series. Verstappen ultimately won the title - his first of now four world titles. Scanes claimed that in the closing races of the season, the tension within the paddock could be cut with a knife while he revealed some of the mind games that were at play during the time.

"2021 is probably the best experience I’ve ever had. I had a front-row, first-hand seat watching two greats of the sport go at it," he explained during an appearance on the High Performance podcast .

"And these were two greats of the spor

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