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Verstappen on Sochi penalty, ‘nothing is lost'

Heading to Russia with a three-place grid penalty, Max Verstappen says 'nothing is lost' and that he will try to make the 'most' of the weekend. Blamed by the stewards for the mid-race crash that put both he and Lewis Hamilton into the gravel and out of the Italian Grand Prix, Verstappen was hit with a three-place grid penalty for the next race, Sochi. Even if the Red Bull driver manages to pull off pole position at what has been a Mercedes-dominated track, he'll be starting from the second row of the grid. That potentially leaves Hamilton with an open goal to take the win and regain the lead in the Drivers' Championship. Verstappen, who holds a slender five-point advantage over his title...
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