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Jos Verstappen was hyped like Max - until it all went wrong

Before Max Verstappen entered the motorsport pinnacle, his father Jos generated comparable excitement following a rapid two-year rise from karting. Following a German Formula 3 title, a late 1993 test session in a Footwork machine produced a lap time that would have placed a slower car tenth on a recent starting grid.

Major outfits chased the rising star before he ultimately committed to Benetton for a testing campaign ahead of a guaranteed race seat.

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