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Oct 8
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F1 Rewind: How his Dad's F1 failure made...

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Peer into the Red Bull garage on an F1 race weekend and the chances are you’ll see Max Verstappen’s dad, Jos, somewhere in the background, keeping a close eye on his son. But how much do you know about the part Jos played in Max becoming the driver he is today?


In the latest episode of The Race F1 Rewind, Edd Straw and Mark Hughes explore how Jos - himself once regarded as the hottest young prospect in F1 - used the learnings of his own underwhelming Grand Prix career to help guide his son to the top of the sport.


You’ll learn where Jos’s and Max’s careers map and then diverge, why ‘control’ was at the heart of the project, who the real driving force in Max’s climb was, and why ‘the Verstappen blueprint for success’ is not one that others should look to replicate…


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