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Report: Mercedes Boss Toto Wolff Sends Congrats to F1 Champ Max Verstappen

A day after securing one of the most dramatic (and controversial) world championships in Formula One history, Red Bull's Max Verstappen revealed Monday that one of his many congratulatory messages he received came from his rival's garage.

Verstappen said that Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff reached out to him via text message to congratulate him on his win in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, per Alan Baldwin of Reuters, which snapped Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton's seven-year championship streak.

"Toto sent me a text, congratulations on the season and that I deserved to win it, so that was very nice of him of course," Verstappen said.