Would Verstappen really have been world champion “earlier” with McLaren or Ferrari?

Max Verstappen likes to be teasing. Freed after the delivery of a fourth title acquired more laboriously than the two previous ones, the Dutchman let loose after the Grand Prix of Las Vegas, as much in the evenings of the Sin City as in his statements to the media. And one of them caused a great stir in the paddock of the Formula 1. Moments after his victory, when asked if he could have won the world title with McLaren, Max Verstappen answered directly, without any real hesitation: “ Yes, even earlier, so [I would have been] more ahead of schedule. [With the Ferrari], it's pretty much the same thing. With the Mercedes, no. I