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Does starting number create pressure for Verstappen? 'That's a guarantee'

For the first time since 2014, we will see the starting number 01 on the F1 grid again this season. Max Verstappen won the driver's championship last year and therefore gets to drive with the lowest starting number this season. Not every world champion chooses to start with the first starting number, but one of those drivers who did is Jacques Villeneuve. The Canadian became world champion in 1997 and was therefore allowed to start the season in 1998 with start number 1. He was unable to defend this number successfully, but knows better than anyone what it is like to start the season as world champion. "It gives you a lot of confidence, because it means you have what it takes to...
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