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Rookie Verstappen plays down high expectations
Max Verstappen has moved to play down expectations ahead of his record-making formula one debut in 2015.
With the FIA set to clamp down on very young drivers from 2016, the Dutchman's record of racing in Melbourne at the tender age of 17 could stand for some time.
Verstappen, whose former F1-racing father Jos is just 42 years old, comes to the grid not only amid controversy but also high expectations, having leapt straight from karts to F1 in the space of less than a year.
"Occasionally I hear or read things that make it seem as though miracles are expected," Max told the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. "But I'm a driver, not a magician.
"I don't think victories or podiums...
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