looked to have his eighth world championship in the bag until Nicholas Latifi's crash with a few laps remaining brought out a safety car.
That allowed Verstappen to pit for another fresh set of tyres, but after coming out behind a host of lapped cars, his title hopes still looked slim to none.Mercedes and team chief Toto Wolff were fuming after lapped cars were allowed to overtake the safety car, leaving Verstappen with the chance to race Hamilton for the final lap where he managed to overtake him.
The seven-time world champion was gracious in defeat and praised Verstappen for his driving this season. "Firstly, congratulations to Max and to his team," Hamilton said moments after losing out."I think we did an amazing job this year.
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