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Max Verstappen may have clinched his fourth straight world drivers' title but the 2024 Formula One season proved, against all the odds, a refreshingly unpredictable thriller. AFP reviews a year that began in Bahrain in March and culminated on Sunday with a record 24th race in Abu Dhabi. Max rises above turbulence After coasting to the past two world titles Verstappen was seen as a shoo-in for a fourth consecutive title, a sequence begun with his controversial defeat of Lewis Hamilton on the last lap of the season in 2021. After winning seven of the first 10 races it appeared plain sailing again for the uncompromising Dutch driver. Those wins proved the 27-year-old's steely ability to cancel out all the off-track noise swirling around his team since before pre-season testing when the Christian Horner affair hit the headlines. The team principal's days appeared numbered as he fought off accusations of inappropriate behavior towards a female colleague. A secret inquiry clea
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