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‘From that moment I knew Max would be special'

AlphaTauri team manager Graham Watson has dismissed claims that newly crowned F1 world champion Max Verstappen is arrogant, instead affirming that the Dutchman is simply confident. Watson joined the team – then named Toro Rosso – as team manager in 2014, and oversaw multiple practice sessions partaken by Verstappen that season, the first of which came at the Japanese Grand Prix when he was just 16 years of age. The Dutchman was then fast-tracked from Formula 3 straight to Formula 1 in 2015. He scored points in 10 of the 20 races that year, and achieved a P4 finish at the frenetic Hungarian Grand Prix en route to a 12th placed Championship finish. Verstappen would then move up to Red...
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