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Clever Verstappen reveals ploy to avoid school and go racing
Max Verstappen never considered school during his teenage years as a barrier to racing, the Dutchman playing hooky or limiting his presence in the classroom thanks to a few clever ploys. The 22-year-old Red Bull driver was born to race, winning in karting from the outset, rushing through the ranks to become a fully fledged Grand Prix driver at just 17. While school was obviously a mandatory task, it certainly wasn't an activity that the eight-time Grand Prix winner was fond of, quite the contrary. Norris: Verstappen 'more of a racer' than Hamilton "I didn't really like school, didn't like sitting on a chair and looking at a board," he said in an interview with Dutch website...
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