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Sainz: Rivalry with Verstappen convinced me to continue in F1
Carlos Sainz says his early on-track battles with Toro Rosso teammate Max Verstappen gave him the confidence to continue in F1. Sainz raced alongside the mercurial Dutchman at Toro Rosso when the pair of Red Bull juniors was promoted to F1 in 2015. Verstappen ultimately outscored the Spaniard by 31 points that season but the latter's performance was overall on a par with that of his rapid 17-year-old teammate, a fact that boosted Sainz's confidence and convinced him that he was worthy of a spot among motorsport's elite. "You could tell right away that Max was special, that he had skills that were out of the ordinary," Sainz remembered in an interview this week with the Corriere...
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