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Ecclestone would have made Verstappen 2021 champion ‘much earlier'

Former Formula 1 driver Gabriele Tarquini reckons that Max Verstappen would have been crowned champion sooner than the season finale were Bernie Ecclestone still in charge of the sport. Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton were involved in a number of contentious battles last year, most notably in Silverstone, Monza Brazil and Saudi Arabia as Mercedes and Red Bull engaged in persistent wars of attrition with race control. The Dutchman was handed seven penalty points over the course of the year, and was also handed a grid penalty for the incident at the Italian Grand Prix that paved the way for Daniel Ricciardo’s eighth career victory. The late Niki Lauda always philosophised that stewards...
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