There are now three in this group of drivers who have won four world titles in Formula 1. Alain Prost (1985, 1986, 1989 et 1993), Sebastian Vettel (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) and now Max Verstappen (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
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The four-time French World Champion spoke about Max Verstappen’s victory. “It’s a great pride in a way to be joined by Max [Verstappen] at the same time as Sebastian [Vettel]people and pilots that I appreciate »Alain Prost told Canal+.
“This year’s championship was very different for Max, but it reflects exactly what Max has become over the years. » Indeed, this championship was not easy for the Red Bull driver who experienced a complicated second part of the season, after having dominated at the start of the year.
It has become a more than complete pilot
Alain Prost also highlighted the difficulties that Max Verstappen had to face this season, before qualifying him as “certainly one of the best in history”.
“This year, he still showed something a little different. So of course we might as well say that he totally deserves his title. When we know everything that has happened since the beginning of the year, on a sporting level, on a non-sporting level, the car which works rather well at the beginning and after which, in an incomprehensible way, does not is more efficient. »
“If you don’t have a driver like Max Verstappen in a team like this, well, it can really fall apart. He showed a lot of composure, a lot of calm, once again on the track and off, and he became a more than complete driver, certainly one of the best of course in history. So very proud to be joined in the very exclusive club of four titles. »
Despite the criticism, Max Verstappen was able to demonstrate through his driving the champion he could be. Will he join Juan Manuel Fangio, with a fifth title next season?
Watch this interview in full on the Canal + Sport YouTube channel:
