Virtually defenseless German on the approach to turn four.
Passing the youngster but the fiery Dutchman fought back brilliantly against a Instead, that challenge now rested in Vettel’s Raikkonen, who’d been quick all weekend, meant that Verstappen didn’t have theĮxpected pressure from the rear. With all his might to better his third-placed teammate. Verstappen, only five-tenths of a second behind Ricciardo, was focused – trying Had to beware Kimi Raikkonen sitting on the tail of his RB 12. The fast-paced troika of Hamilton, Rosberg and teammate Ricciardo, Verstappen also Qualifying in a strong fourth place but trailing Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, in menacing form, Verstappen could have hardly The 2016 Spanish Grand Prix will go down in history as one of the finest races In so doing, he became the youngest ever raceīut who would’ve imagined that a young driver against whom he’d fight some challenging races in the future would end up breaking his own record while Vettel stood alongside him the podium? Spanish Heat Vettel’s Record-Breaking Turn in MonzaĪt Italy in 2008, Vettel, then in a Toro Rosso, breached the top step at MonzaĪmid adverse circumstances. For it was here in 2016 that Max Verstappen became the youngest-ever driver to win a Formula 1 race, breaking the long-standing record of the German.īut before rewind to the scene of one of Formula 1’s most finely contested battles, it’s worth remembering the time whe Vettel became the darling of the F1 media. But as we head to Catalunya, the home to the Spanish Grand Prix, we are reminded there is a circuit that links these adversaries. Over the years, Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel have raised each other’s tempers through their clashes on and off the track.
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