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In the Driver’s Seat

Relentless Verstappen puts in classic performance in Miami

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Max Verstappen of Red Bull won the Miami Grand Prix after starting ninth on the grid on Sunday.

Max Verstappen of Red Bull won the Miami Grand Prix after starting ninth on the grid on Sunday.

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What a difference a week can make. Remember that look on Max Verstappen’s face after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix? That ‘I’m going to headbutt the next person to ask a question like that’ look?

World champions of the calibre of Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna and Verstappen really don’t like losing, and what they deem a mistake in another driver is never one when they do it themselves. That’s the sort of utter commitment and belief in oneself that they all needed.

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