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Opinion: Forget Baku, Verstappen is now Red Bull's top dog

Daniel Ricciardo might have brought Red Bull its first Formula 1 win of 2017 in Azerbaijan, but that doesn't change the fact that Max Verstappen has been the outfit's stronger driver this year, argues Valentin Khorounzhiy. Red Bull Racing's 2016 campaign took a bit to kick on, but come the fifth race the team finally had its first victory. Max Verstappen was the author, putting on a stellar drive after a controversial collision between the two leaders put him in position to benefit. Despite the Austrian team's triumph, the outfit's other driver Daniel Ricciardo cut a rather dejected figure then, as a three-stop strategy left him off the podium just a day after he'd handily outqualified...
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