In the Driver’s Seat

Relentless Verstappen puts in classic performance in Miami

Max Verstappen of Red Bull won the Miami Grand Prix after starting ninth on the grid on Sunday. PHOTO: AFP
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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 head butt 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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