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Verstappen: Wrong to ban 'party mode'
While his boss, Christian Horner, is keen to see anything banned - especially if it is advantageous to rivals and he doesn't have it - Max Verstappen is against the idea of outlawing the so-called 'party mode' used by Lewis Hamilton to great effect in Melbourne. With a combination of the special engine mode and ballsy driving, the Briton left his Ferrari rivals over 0.6s behind in the final phase of qualifying, with Daniel Ricciardo claiming that it felt like a 'punch in the stomach'. Speaking ahead of this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, where Hamilton and teammate Valtteri Bottas are sure to use the mode again, especially with Ferrari thought to be only 0.4s off the pace, Verstappen has...
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