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But, in an FIA documentary called ‘When We Were Young’, he recalled earlier memories from his go-kart days: 🅰“We started racing for fun. We didn’t𝄹 have a lot of money so we were really lucky to have people helping us by giving us free tyres and fuel.

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Max Verstappen, in the same documentary, spoke about🍌 growing up with a father, Jos Verstappen, who﷽ was an F1 driver: “I just saw my dad as my dad. I knew he was in F1 but what does F1 mean when you are three years old?

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