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Max Verstappen breaks Zandvoort lap record during demo run

Max Verstappen unofficially broke the lap record of the Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands during a demo run in Red Bull's RB8 at the weekend.

Driving in front of a crowd of his home fans, the Dutch teenager circled the circuit in 1:19.511, shaving three tenths off the previous record set by Luca Badoer in a Ferrari F2001 sixteen years ago. Verstappen's rise to prominence in Formula One has led to speculation of the Zandvoort circuit, which last hosted a Dutch Grand Prix in 1985, of returning to the calendar in future.

Red Bull posted a video of the 19-year-old completing some donuts in front of the crowd.