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How Red Bull's other 2020 star has made Marko "really happy"

Max Verstappen has strongly led the charge for Red Bull so far in Formula 1 2020, mixing it with the mighty Mercedes team on occasion. But another driver on the energy drink giant's books has also been delivering fine performances this season

A Red Bull driver struggling to match Max Verstappen, posting several disappointing results considering the potential of the team's package and with a heavy practice crash on their record in the first half of a Formula 1 season.

This story will be familiar to one particular driver on grid, who has been one of the outstanding performers early in the current campaign, often besting drivers in significantly faster machinery in both qualifying and the races.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.