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Max Verstappen has played down his chances of fighting Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton for the championship, despite his stunning recent form.
After starting the season with Toro Rosso, Verstappen has scored three podium finishes including a win, and now sits just ten points behind highly rated Red Bull team mate Daniel Ricciardo.
Speaking when collecting the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy on Sunday, the Dutch teenager insists that a championship challenge is far from his mind at the moment.
"I lost a lot of points in the first few races but I think at the moment the Mercedes are just too strong," he told the Italian news agency Mediaset.
"Too many things would have to happen for me to fight for the world championship. But from third to sixth place is very close and I'm focused on being in the best position possible," Verstappen added.
He is also quoted by Spain's El Confidencial as saying: "Our main goal is to keep reducing the gap to Mercedes, and we can overtake Ferrari in the constructors' championship."
"Those are our main goals," he revealed. "I'm sorry to say it here (in Italy)," Max was quoted as saying by Marca sports newspaper, "but while we started the championship behind Ferrari, we are ahead of them and now the target is to reach Mercedes."
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