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Red Bull's da Costa admits F1 'dream' over
Antonio Felix da Costa has admitted his F1 "dream" is probably over.
Last year, the young Portuguese was the cream of Red Bull's driver development programme and apparently destined for a Toro Rosso debut in 2014.
But just as da Costa's Formula Renault 3.5 campaign faltered, Red Bull decided instead to pluck teen Daniil Kvyat straight out of GP3.
Perhaps bolstered by the success of its daring choice, the energy drink company has now controversially decided to put 16-year-old Max Verstappen into F1 next year straight from F3 and karts.
In the meantime, Antonio Felix da Costa is acknowledging that his F1 dream may be over.
"At the start of the season I had hoped still to go...
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