Max Verstappen is a very worthy Formula One world champion but the circumstances of how he achieved it could haunt the sport into the next season. Red Bull’s Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes for the title in a winner-takes-it-all last lap of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday – after a safety car phase in which race control first said lapped cars could not unlap themselves but then allowed it for those five between the two title rivals. That gave Verstappen on fresh tyres an easy task against seven-time champ Hamilton on worn rubbers – and the outcome was confirmed four…

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