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Jos Verstappen slams Renault after Australian GP

Former F1 driver Jos Verstappen has admitted he was 'really upset' after the Australian grand prix. The Dutchman, whose 17-year-old son Max has just made his high-profile debut for Toro Rosso, is known to be a hard taskmaster. Once, during their kart racing days, Max crashed and his father refused to speak to him — for seven days. 'I really wanted to teach him a point that it should hurt him,' Jos recalls. This time, it is Toro Rosso's struggling engine partner Renault that has incurred Verstappen snr's wrath. In Australia, it was Verstappen's fellow rookie and teammate Carlos Sainz who scooped up the plaudits, while the sister car driven by its teenaged occupant broke down. 'I was...
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