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Verstappen and Sainz play down rivalry
Toro Rosso team mates Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz have played down talk of future friction after their heated track battle in last weekend's season-opening Formula One race in Australia. Verstappen was heard over the team radio asking for Sainz to let him through as both were held up by Renault rookie Jolyon Palmer. The 18-year-old Dutch driver called the team strategy a 'joke' in an expletive-laden tirade. Sainz subsequently passed Palmer and finished ninth, with Verstappen 10th after running in fifth place before a re-start. The highly-rated pair also collided shortly before the finish, Verstappen's car making contact with the left rear side of Sainz's and then spinning. 'I'm always...
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