The Dutchman can make it five world titles on the spin when the Formula One season comes to a dramatic conclusion at the Yas Marina track

If Max Verstappen somehow claims a fifth world drivers championship in Abu Dhabi this weekend, Lewis Hamilton will allow himself a wry smile. Or something like that.

The last time Verstappen snatched a world title at the final race of the Formula One season was in 2021 and that was the first of his four successive crowns. It was a controversial one, to say the least.

And it was complicated, to say the least. But basically, an unusual interpretation of safety car procedures by the race director Michael Masi, who was subsequently removed from his position, gave Verstappen the chance to pass Lewis Hamilton on the last lap and take a record-breaking eight

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