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Schumacher/Raikkonen moment inspired Verstappen

Max Verstappen says he took inspiration for his brilliant Turn 1 overtaking at the Brazilian Grand Prix from Kimi Raikkonen's near-identical passing of Michael Schumacher in 2012. The Toro Rosso driver delivered a stellar performance during a less than thrilling race at Interlagos, pulling off a particularly brilliant move past Sergio Perez at the Senna Esses early on. Speaking about the wheel-to-wheel action afterwards, Verstappen said he was well aware of how to play that corner to seize advantage in to Turn 2, after seeing Raikkonen go around Schumacher there in 2012. "I saw it a few years ago between Raikkonen and Schumacher," said Verstappen. "I thought that looked nice...
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