Grand Prix International eMag - 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Edition
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2016 SPANISH GRAND PRIX EDITION
MAX VERSTAPPENTHE LEGEND BEGINS
TheheadlinesaftertheSpanishGrandPrixhailedthearrivalofthenewprinceofFormula1-MaxVerstappen- theDutch18yearoldbecametheyoungesteverwinnerofagrandprix.Thisisatrue-to-lifefairytalestoryofateenagerwhohasbeenfast-trackedtotheupperechelonsofFormula1,promotedunexpectedlyfromRedBull’sjuniorteamtotheirA-team,anddespiteallthepressure,whatdoestheyoungsterdo?Hewins his first race driving a car in which he only sat in a couple of daysbefore theweekend inBarcelona.Remarkable,amazing,awesome, fantastic,sensational-allwordsthataptlydescribethisamazingyoungman.HonestlythiswasexactlywhatFormula1needed,atatimeofdisenchantmentamongtheranksoffans.NotonlydidtheSpanishGrandPrixdeliverMaxtothemaximum,butalsothrewa spanner in the works of the Mercedes juggernaut. Finally they have beenderailedandneitherSilverArrowsdrivermadeitontothepodium.Anotherwarhasbrokenoutwithin the team,prettymuch likea rerunof theircollisionatSpa-Francorchampssomeyearsago.Theproverbialunmovablecollidedwith theunstoppableand the result...wellthat’swhathasjustinjectedamuchneededdollopofinterestintotheseason.Butintheend,nomatterwhat,thedaybelongedtoonekid:BravoMax!
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VERSTAPPEN IT FEELS AMAZING
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VERSTAPPEN IT FEELS AMAZING
MaxVerstappen is a name thatisgoingtobearoundforaverylong time.At the tenderageof
eighteenhehas tornup theFormula1record books to become the youngestever grand prixwinner by claiming thetopspotonthepodiuminSpain, inhisdebutraceforRedBull.
ItcannotbeforgottenthattwoweeksearlierhewastoilinginthecockpitofaToro Rosso, amid an internal reshufflehewaspromotedtotheRedBullA-team.Merely days after his seat fitting theyoungDutchmanqualifiedfourth,behindhismoreexperiencedteammate.Butintherace-afterMercedesimploded-theteenagerwithstood thepressure,madenomistakesandnotchedupanhistoricvictory-surelythefirstofmany....
F1’s newer summed it up: “It feelsamazing.Ican’tbelieveit.Itwasagreatrace.Ihavetosaythankyoutotheteamtogivemesuchagreatcartowinstraightawayinthefirstrace–amazingfeeling!Ithinkso.FromaveryyoungagemyDadhelpedmealotandtoachievethis.”
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