F1 Qatar GP live updates: Verstappen claims 49th win to cap championship weekend

Singapores meant to be the toughest race, thats the one where everyones like, once you do Singapore, it gets easier from there. It didnt feel like it today! Looking at a lot of other guys, I think it was tough for all of us," the rookie said after racing in the brutal heat and humidity

“Singapore’s meant to be the toughest race, that’s the one where everyone’s like, ‘once you do Singapore, it gets easier from there.’ It didn’t feel like it today! Looking at a lot of other guys, I think it was tough for all of us," the rookie said after racing in the brutal heat and humidity of Qatar.

"Obviously, it's pretty extreme. In a normal situation, you get to the straight, you sort of get a bunch of cold air coming through the helmets. But here you're getting such hot air that it's just obviously tough to breathe. And I think, as I said, when you are when you're fighting the car a lot, you're obviously having to do so much, for me, I was really struggling throughout the whole race, honestly, to stay on track."

As you see from the cool-down room, he was hardly the only one to struggle.

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