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Verstappen wins crazy race as both Ferraris crash out

November 17, 2019 Race winner Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium alongside second placed Toro Rosso's Pierre Gasly and third placed Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton REUTERS

Max Verstappen underlined his potential as a champion of the future on Sunday with a commanding victory for Red Bull in an astonishing and crash-hit Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.

The 22-year-old Dutchman brushed off several attacks from newly-crowned six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, twice passing him after pit-stops, to come home a dominant victor ahead of his former team-mate Pierre Gasly of Toro Rosso.

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