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Damon Hill believes that Max Verstappen will feel the manner of his Formula One world championship victory was 'unsatisfactory' as the motorsport legend labelled the Red Bull star's title triumph as 'unfair'.
Verstappen, 24, pipped Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton, 37, to victory on the final lap of the final race in Abu Dhabi last month, but controversy ensued after FIA race director Michael Masi allowed the cars separating the pair to unlap themselves.
That decision allowed Verstappen - who was on fresher tyres - a direct shot at Hamilton on the last lap and he passed easily to take home the championship.
Max Verstappen will be 'unsatisfied' with the manner of his Formula One win, Damon Hill says
Unsurprisingly, the events that unfolded in Abu Dhabi have been heavily scrutinised by fans and pundits, while Mercedes are pushing for Masi to step down amid uncertainty as to whether seven-time world champion Hamilton will return.
And 1996 world champion Hill believes that, deep down, Verstappen will be unsatisfied by the manner of his victory last month.
'I think ultimately the Lewis Hamilton fans feel very aggrieved because, and Lewis Hamilton may well do and Mercedes do, the way the decision went disadvantaged them and they feel robbed,' Hill told Sky Sports.
'So