Red Bull's Verstappen eager for first win of the season
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SEPANG: Max Verstappen said he wants to win "at least one race this year" as the four-times Formula One champion sits in an unfamiliar sixth place in the championship standings after 15 rounds.
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Having dominated Formula One in recent years, Verstappen has managed only seven podium finishes this season and is still searching for that elusive first win, coming close with second-place finishes in his last two outings in Madrid and Baku.
He is one of a few drivers who have driven in Sepang, which is hosting a Formula One race for the first time in nine years after the Bahrain Grand Prix was moved due to the conflict in the Middle East.
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