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Column | Max Verstappen joined exclusive club with this result in Russia

During last week’s Russian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen pulled off an impressive feat that puts him in an exclusive club. On the current grid, just one other driver started from 20th on the grid and finished second.  Red Bull Racing opted to put a new Honda engine in the back of Verstappen’s RB16B. After the Silverstone crash, it became clear he was going to need a fourth engine and therefore at some point, he had to take a penalty. Red Bull waited and waited as potential options in Belgium and Italy passed by. But rain in the closing stages of the Russian Grand Prix helped Verstappen to luck into a second-place finish and virtually limit the damage as much as possible on a circuit...
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