VIDEO: When Verstappen took the Brazilian GP leader out...

Joas van Wingerden Monday 12 November 2018 12:56

VIDEO: When Verstappen took the Brazilian GP leader out...

The plucky outsider of Formula 1's front-runners pulls off a superb move over the superpowers and is cruising towards victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix until he encounters a back-marker and everything comes to naught. Sound familiar? It's not just in 2018 that it has happened! The same thing happened in 2001 too… and there was even a Verstappen involved that time!

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A back marker hadn’t taken out a race leader since... Jos Verstappen denied Juan Pablo Montoya in Brazil in 2001 . #BrazilGP #F1 #Formula1 #Verstappen
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