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Max Verstappen wins Zandvoort Masters F3 [updated]

Max Verstappen wins Zandvoort Masters F3 [updated]

Posted on 06-07-2014 at 15:54 by ricardo – 55 Comments”

Max Verstappen wint Zandvoort Masters F3
Still only 16 years young, now all of written history. Max Verstappen has his triumph in the F3 class today continued during the 24th edition of the Zandvoort Masters. The race that exactly 21 years ago by his father, was won.

Max knew Saturday as the fastest qualify and if today at the head of the field start. After the start he got some opposition from Sam MacLeod, who just sat behind him, but came to an abrupt end when he by Dutchman Jules Szymkowiak the gravel was tapped. Max hit a hole and held the #1 position for the full 25 laps. A solonaise from start to finish. He slammed ultimately a lead of six seconds.

A special victory. Not only because he this weekend for a new team, reed, also due to the fact that his father, exactly 21 years ago, the Zandvoort Masters victory medal. In addition, the gain on the circuit on the coast no longer in Dutch hands since the victory of Tom Coronel in 1997. It is for Max the seventh victory in a row.

The entire stage was in fact for the Netherlands. On the second place finished Jules Szymkowiak, followed by F3-debutant Steijn Schothorst.

Where does this glorious run of Max? He may after today, in any case, in the illustrious list with David Coulthard, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Hülkenberg scissors, which was previously the F3 Masters of Zandvoort won. And Jos the Boss, of course.

Update: The full Dutch podium proved to be of short duration. The stewards gave Szymkowiak, namely, a time penalty of twenty seconds for his role in the incident with MacLeod. Schothorst extends, therefore, to P2, while Nabil Jeffri, the third place takes over.

Epic image. Father and son.

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