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Verstappen denies F1 easier than karting

Jun.21 Max Verstappen has hit back at claims about how easy driving a modern Formula 1 car is. Recently, Lewis Hamilton said he could do three race distances on the trot, while Romain Grosjean says go-karting is more physically demanding than F1. Red Bull's Verstappen said he does not agree. "If I go karting now, I would be completely exhausted while it was easy when I was 15," he told Dutch media at Paul Ricard. "But that doesn't mean I am less fit now. If you put friends of mine who go karting in an F1 car, they will be in severe neck pain the next day. It makes absolutely no sense to compare. "You use different muscle groups for different activities and prepare...
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