The Dutchman pulled off a last-lap overtake on Lewis Hamilton to snatch victory in the F1 season finale, which helped secure him his maiden world title.
In the immediate aftermath of the race, the Red Bull driver revealed he had battled the pain barrier with leg cramp during the intense final moments of the fight.
But in an interview published in The Guardian newspaper on Tuesday, Verstappen has revealed just how much he was suffering – and how it would have been hard for him to carry on if the race had run much longer.
He said the difficulties he faced applying the throttle could be seen on telemetry data, as he questioned how much longer he would have been able to go on for.
“If you go back over the data you will not see a very smooth throttle input. I was screaming on the radio [after he had won] but the whole lap my foot was going like that,” he said.
“It was completely done. One more lap and I couldn’t have finished the race like that. The stress levels were so high…
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