Not many F1 drivers can recount how school lessons helped them on their way to the top, but if Red Bull new junior Neil Verhagen does make it to grand prix racing, he will never forget a call he got in one of his maths classes. Earlier this week, Red Bull announced that the 15-year-old from Mount Kisco would become part of its young driver programme – as it bids to get a full-time American back on the F1 grid for the first time in a decade. For Verhagen, whose successes in karts and the US Formula 1600 Championship brought him to the attention of Red Bull's Helmut Marko, news of the energy drink giant's interest came at the most unexpected of times. "I was in school when he [Marko]...
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