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Verstappen almost crashed on opening lap of Sochi charge

Max Verstappen admitted following his charge from 19th to fifth in the Russian Grand Prix that he had a “close moment” on the opening lap that nearly saw him get pushed into the wall. Verstappen produced one of the outstanding performance of Sunday’s race at the Sochi Autodrom as he charged through the field for Red Bull, rising up to P5 in the space of eight laps. 5774263478001 CrashTV:  Verstappen moved into the lead after the cars ahead pitted, and stayed in front until his pit stop at the end of Lap 43. He returned to the track in fifth place, where he finished after Red Bull opted to save his engine and not push to catch Kimi Raikkonen in fourth place. Analysing his start...
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