Verstappen will seal his third title in a row in Saturday’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 G🍸rand Prix which ushered in Red Bull and Verstappen’s era of dominance, has doffed his cap.

"Max has🤪 been faultless and no-one c൲an take that away from him,” Hamilton was quoted by .

"He has done an amazing⛦ job with the package he has.

“He and the team have been phenome🦹nal. They've raised the bar."

Versꦰtappen sai🔯d; "We are having an amazing year and we just come into this weekend and want to win again.

"And of course I kno♌w if I win or whatever on Saturday I win the championship, but we are j🦋ust very focused on the main job.

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

"To win three championships in a row is never easy. You n🗹eed a very good car, but I always try🌃 to be consistent and not to have too many mistakes.”

Hamilton previously remembe💜red his own third title, whichಌ drew him level with Ayrton Senna’s tally.

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

“For me as a kid, the dream was to get to F1, then the dre♏am ‘I hope I can do something like Ayrton’. Then I got a world championship. Then I g🌠ot three. 

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

“Bu🅠t then, of course, it does put you on the list with all the greats. Which is a very honorary list.”