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Verstappen 'will be a world champion'

Red Bull's Max Verstappen becoming Formula 1 world champion is "just a matter of time", says his former Formula 3 team boss. Verstappen, 18, became the youngest race winner in the sport's history at Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. It was the Dutchman's first race for Red Bull since being promoted from its junior team Toro Rosso. "He's an exceptional guy. I think he's one of the biggest talents in decades in racing," said Frits van Amersfoort. "For the insiders Max's talents were pretty obvious 10 yeas ago when he was still doing karts," Van Amersfoot, team boss to Verstappen at Van Amersfoot Racing in 2014, told BBC World Service. "Everyone knew there was a...
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