Verstappen will seal his third ti𓆉tle in a row in Saturda🦩y’s sprint race at the F1 Qatar Grand Prix if he finishes at least sixth.

Hamilton, who was denied an all-time record eighth title at the notorious 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which ushered in Red Bull an🧜d Verstappen’s era of dominance, has doffed his cap.

💎"Max has been faultless and no-ꦍone can take that away from him,” Hamilton was quoted by .

"He has done an amazi🤡ng job with the package he has.

“He and ꦰthe team have been phenomenal. They've raised the bar."

Verstappen said; "We are having an amazing year and we jusℱt come in🦩to this weekend and want to win again.

"And of course I know if I win or whatev💦er on Saturday I win the championship, but we are💧 just very focused on the main job.

"If itꦦ's Saturday or Sunday, I don't think it matters a lot. It's always nice to win it at the first possible opportunity.

"To win three championships in a row is never easy. You need a very good car, but I always try to be consi♏stent and no📖t to have too many mistakes.”

Hamilton previously remembered his own third t🍷itle, which drew him level with Ayrton Senna’s tally.

“For me, I didn’t think about all the other champi🌱ons. I only thought about Ayrton,” Hamilton said.

“For me as a kid, th♉e dream was to get to F1, then the dream ‘I hope I can do something like Ayrton’. Then I got a world championship. Then I got three. 

“When I eventuaꦇlly got three, it was very surreal to think that I had equalled as many wins and pole positions. That’s what blew my mind, for me. 

“But then, 🌠of course, it does put you on the list with all the greats.🎃 Which is a very honorary list.”