The Red Bull driver is set to join Alonso on two F1 championships by winning his second world title this year, a feat he could achieve as early as this weekend’s168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Singapore Grand Prix. 

Alonso also won his first two F1 titles in successive fashion but has since failed to add to his trophy haul, narrowly missing out on further world championships due to combinatio𝓡n of bad luck and ill-fated career moves. 

Speaking to media on Thursday, Alonso said he hoped Verstappen would 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:fare better in his career and believes a second world championship will make the Dutchman, who turns 25 oജn Friday, an all-time great. 

Verstappen responded by suggesting that Alonso would have many more titles under his b𓃲elt had he enjoyed a spell of domination like , who won four consecutive titles with Red Bull from 2010-2013, and , who claimed six of his seven world titles while driving for Mercedes between 2014 and 2020. 

“It's not bad,” said Verstappen about the prospect of matching Alonso’s total of F1 career wins (32), which he will hit if he takes his 12th♋ 𝓀win from 17 races this season in Singapore.

“ꦐIn F1, you need a bit of luck, and you need to have the luck that you make the right decision and then have a dominant car for a long time. 

“Because I mean, obviouꦦsly, if you would have put Fernando in the cars where other people have won championships with, he would have done the same𓆏. But that's not how F1 works. 

“At the end of the day, he still won two titles so I think he's done very well for𒐪 himself. And he's also a great guy and a great personality for F1.” 

Winning title in Singapore ‘a long shot’ 

Verstappen, who holds a 116-point lead over Ferrari’s , will be crowne🌱d champion in Singapore if he wins t♏he race and his rivals score lowly.

🉐However, mathematically, 🎃it is . That is something Verstappen acknowledges, insisting he is not focused on the prospect of securing the 2022 title this weekend. 

“I don't really think abᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚout it,” he stressed. “It's quite a lon🦩g shot. I just want to enjoy the weekend, and of course, try to win it.” 

Asked if it would be nice to get the job done early, Verstappen replied: “I think Japan is nicer. Also, I need 💛a lot of luck for it to happen here, so I don’t really count on it…

“I think [Suzuka will be] my first proper opportunity to win the title. So I’m looking forward🎃 to Singapore right now, but I’m also very excited for next week.”