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Verstappen delivered on crowd's ‘high expectations'

Max Verstappen knew exactly what his home crowd at Zandvoort expected of him – and delivered that victory in style. It is common for a driver to attract a strong following in their home nation, but Verstappen is rather unique with his army of Dutch fans following him from race to race. And so when a grand prix is put together in your home country, simply as a focus for that support, it becomes rather mindboggling to consider the pressure Verstappen was under. But he did not cave in, instead he excelled, taking pole position and from there seeing off the brave challenge of Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton to claim victory, and in the process regain the lead of the Drivers' Championship. 'I...
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