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Verstappen: I'm not just sitting behind like a grandma!

The racer in Max Verstappen refused orders from the Red Bull pitwall to go easy on Mercedes and preserve his tyres, the Dutchman opting to instead attack the Black Arrows and instigate their first defeat of the year. From the start, Verstappen tucked in behind the Mercedes and stalked them. The black cars were ill at ease on the Pirelli rubber while Max was holding station with the medium tyres his team shrewdly bolted on in qualifying to ensure the #33 was out of sync with the rest around them on the softer compound. When it became evident that Max could win the race, he decided to throw caution to the wind when told to hold fire. and said as much to his engineer: 'Mate, this is the only...
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