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Verstappen adds another record with first F1 points

Teenage rookie Max Verstappen's rush into the record books continued on Sunday when the 17-year-old Dutch driver became Formula One's youngest ever points scorer with seventh place for Toro Rosso at the Malaysian Grand Prix. The glamour sport's youngest racer had already paved the way by matching the best qualifying position of his father, former Formula 1 driver Jos, by starting a dizzying sixth on the grid in Sepang. That in itself was the best qualifying performance by a teenager since 19-year-old Mexican Ricardo Rodriguez in 1961. 'It was a good day. The first few laps were a bit difficult for me, I struggled a bit with the brakes and the tyres,' Verstappen told reporters. 'But when...
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