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‘Max won't let those peanut eight points affect him'

Falling from a 32-point lead to an eight-point deficit 'won't affect' Max Verstappen as eight points are 'peanuts' says Giedo van der Garde. Everything was going right for Verstappen and Red Bull as they left the Red Bull Ring after round nine of the F1 championship. Verstappen had just won three grands prix on the trot, the first time he'd ever managed that, and was up by 32 points in the Drivers' standings. And then Silverstone happened. That crash was followed by another in Hungary, Verstappen's lead in the championship becoming a deficit. 'That won't affect him,' former F1 driver turned pundit Van der Garde told Motorsport.com. 'It's only eight points. Those eight points really don't...
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