Kevin Harvick shared his sympathies for Denny Hamlin's title loss at Phoenix Raceway. He drew a parallel to his own misfortune in 2020, recalling how 'mad' he was after falling short of the title despite nine wins that season.After a six-win season, Hamlin once again left the finale empty-handed. The No.11 driver opened the season with a crew chief change, one that was fruitful until the final moment. A dominant day at Phoenix fell apart when the No.11 team went for four tires and got stuck in traffic during the overtime restart.The same tire gamble worked for Corey Heim in the Truck Series finale, but it wasn't the case for Hamlin. Bubba Wallace's spotter, Freddie Kraft, argued that the four-tire stop is only wrong in retrospect, but was the right call at the moment.On the latest episode of Happy Hour podcast, Harvick shared his thoughts on the finale's turn of events."I feel absolutely gutted for Denny Hamlin with everything that they put together this year," he said, "The dominant car that they had....knowing the scenario with his dad and and everything that is happening for him. [0:49 onwards]"You saw the comments after the race of just him saying I don't even know if I want to drive a car again now I will tell you that's normal when you're in this situation and I felt like that in 2020 you know you go out and win nine races and don't win the championship and what you feel like is the dominant car all year long except for that one event, you're mad," he added.Kyle Petty weighed in on the situation and called Denny Hamlin a worthy champion nonetheless.Denny Hamlin comments on Kyle Larson's championshipApart from the race wins, it can be argued that Kyle Larson had a better season than Denny Hamlin on a statistical standpoint. They both are comparable in average start and finish, but Larson narrowly edges out the JGR driver.Larson, however, does have more top-10s and top-5s. Although they both have more than a thousand laps led over the season, the HMS driver has him beat on that stat as well.In an interview ahead of NASCAR's award ceremony, Hamlin went over the situation and said,"There's a difference in 'deserving' and 'should've been', right? I think that there's not one person that should ever question his deservingness of being a champion. That's what I don't like to see."Denny Hamlin also shared that he's 'torn' with how Larson's title is overshadowed by his unfortunate loss. Notably, Larson was on a 24-race winless streak when he won the title, marking his longest since he joined Hendrick Motorsports.The No.5 driver, on his part, gave a special shoutout to Hamlin during his championship speech at NASCAR awards.