Bernie Ecclestone already announced last week that he would choose Max Verstappen 'as the first driver in his Formula 1 team', but the praise isn't over yet. The former owner of Formula 1 sees the Red Bull Racing driver as an absolute world champion and calls it a graying pity that the 22-year-old talent is no longer as attractive as during his debut races. "I first met Max when he didn't even have his first whiskers", laughs Ecclestone in an interview with Sport1. With the German medium, Ecclestone says he immediately saw that the Dutch had 'something special'. He regrets that Verstappen isn't as open-minded anymore as he was in his first years in the royal class of motorsport....
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