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‘No reason to believe in title' – Verstappen

Apr.11 World champion Max Verstappen on Sunday was sounding downbeat about his chances of defending his title in 2022. 'At this rate I'd need 45 races to be champion,' he is quoted by Algemeen Dagblad newspaper. Indeed, although he won in Saudi Arabia, the Red Bull driver has actually suffered technical failures in two of the first three races – leaving him just sixth overall and a whopping 46 points behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. Worse still, his car was clearly off Leclerc's dominant Ferrari pace in Melbourne. 'At the moment there is no reason to believe in the title,' Verstappen admitted. 'If you want to fight for the title, you have to be ahead of Ferrari. And they are ahead...
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