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Not Hamilton, Verstappen is the best driver – Leinders

Verstappen is the best driver – What he has done was phenomenal Former F1 tester Bas Leinders thinks Lewis Hamilton lost focus earlier in 2016. In Abu Dhabi, Hamilton has hinted that his likely title defeat to Nico Rosberg on Sunday would be due to an early-season engineer switch, and poorer reliability. But Leinders, a Minardi test driver in 2004, said Rosberg would 'definitely' be a deserved world champion if crowned late on Sunday. 'Critics might say that he has only become champion through Hamilton's misfortune, but that's not true,' he told the Belgian source Sporza. 'Ok, Hamilton had mechanical failures but so did Rosberg. 'It is more about how Hamilton tackled his season. In...
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