bull, said the team needed a miracle, and it arrived in a crash behind the leaders. the decisions made by the race director michael massey ultimately cost him his job. he essentially decided that verstappen should be allowed to take on hamilton for a one lab, winner takes all showdown. he overtook the seven—time champion hamilton, and was crowned world champion for the first time. the fallout from that race is still happening, with many feeling that the world champion verstappen has an asterisk after his name because of what happened. i caught up with him in dubai, and as you can imagine, he played it down any talk of the fact his win could be in any way tainted. you any talk of the fact his win could be in any way tainted.— be in any way tainted. you have to look at it through _ be in any way tainted. you have to look at it through the _ be in any way tainted. you have to look at it through the whole - look at it through the whole season. it was an amazing season for everyone, and a very tough and demanding season as well. it's even more rewarding to win it. had