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Red Bull wants to make Max Verstappen F1's youngest ever champion

Red Bull has set itself the two-year target of making Max Verstappen Formula One's youngest world champion by the end of the 2020 season.

Verstappen is on a stellar run of form currently and claimed an impressive victory at the Mexican Grand Prix, 24 hours after he had missed out on beating Sebastian Vettel's record for youngest ever pole-sitter. Vettel also holds another age-related record, having won the first of his four championships aged 23 years and 134 days.

Verstappen, who turned 21 on September 30, would break that record if he could win one of his own by the end of 2020.