Jenson Button says Max Verstappen will want to prove a point after how last year's title was won

Former Formula 1 driver Jenson Button has said that Max Verstappen will want to win the title again this season and show that ‘it wasn’t down to Michael Masi’ that he won the 2021 world championship.

Verstappen was a worthy winner of the title based on the season overall, with him on the podium in every race he finished and the driver who won the most Grands Prix over the course of the season.

Indeed, he and Lewis Hamilton both deserved the crown after a cracking campaign, but of course the finale to the year was shrouded in controversy.

And, that said, Button feels as though Verstappen will want to win it again this year to show that he and he alone is the reason for his success, with him praising the Dutchman’s sheer talent:

”You know for me he’s the fastest, most gifted driver of anyone. But it’s whether he can improve on that and build himself into someone like Lewis who is the complete package,” Button said to Sky.

”He will be a little bit more relaxed himself after the season. As we’ve been talking about the last race and the way that it was won, I’m sure he wants to come out fighting and fight for that victory from the word go. It’s a World Championship that he’s won, but I’m sure he wants to go and win another World Championship so he can go: ‘Look it wasn’t down to Michael Masi’.”