Re: Formula One
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:09 am
By JEROME PUGMIRE (AP Sports Writer)
The Associated Press•Mar 19, 2017, 3:42 PM
FILE- In this file photo dated Thursday, March 2, 2017, Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands
during a Formula One pre-season testing session at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, outside Barcelona, Spain.
Max Verstappen no longer has the element of surprise, and all eyes will be on the Dutch sensation when the Formula
One season gets underway in Australia next weekend. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, FILE)
PARIS (AP) -- Max Verstappen no longer has the element of surprise, and all eyes will be on
the Dutch driver when the Formula One season gets underway at the Australian Grand Prix
on Sunday.
The Red Bull driver has already made Formula One history as the youngest to win a race and
the youngest to qualify on the front row of the grid. He also completed a record 78 overtaking
moves during the 21-race season.
He did that last season, which included an astonishing drive to cut through the field during the
rain-soaked Brazilian Grand Prix. Verstappen climbed from 15th place to third with just 10 laps
remaining.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner called it ''one of the best drives I've seen in Formula 1''
and it evoked comparison with the great Ayrton Senna for the similar daring he showed during
his career. For someone so young, Vertappen's mesmeric drive that day drew widespread admiration
for the skill and courage involved.
But Verstappen's no-limits approach is also divisive.
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