Max Verstappen uses secret trick learned aged seven that saw him overtake 100 karters in 35 minutes

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Max Verstappen told talkSPORT how a karting trick he learnt when he was seven years old kick-started his annihilation of 100 other drivers at Silverstone.The four-time Formula 1 world champion needed just 14 laps and 35 minutes to overtake a the grid, including this talkSPORT.com writer, at the home of the British Grand Prix.Max vs 100: Verstappen began at the back as talkSPORT, second row on the left in red, only able to sit and watch him fly pastGettyThe Red Bull star had a maximum of 35 laps and 75 minutes to pass everyone in equal machinery and weight in the exhibition event in Northamptonshire.As per the rules of Max vs 100, which was live-streamed on Disney Plus and ESPN, the man himself started at the back on grid spot 101.The rest, which was made up of non-motorsport Red Bull athletes, content creators and talkSPORT, were all eliminated once they were overtaken.What is Verstappen’s bounce technique?It was easy for Verstappen, who was up to 37th by the end of a bonkers first lap, with the race briefly suspended after some karts crashed or spun out.Having smashed into the barriers during one-shot qualifying earlier that day, talkSPORT was unsurprisingly among his first 64 victims, having started in 97th.However, our kart, No. 88, had barely moved an inch when Verstappen was already wheel-to-wheel thanks to a little-known tactic.The 28-year-old revealed to talkSPORT.com during his post-race press conference that he utilised a bouncing technique which he learned as a child to pick up speed from a standing start, which saw him catapult out of the traps.“After my first lap I thought, ‘Ahh, I think I’m all right,’” he joked. “It was mainly depending on the first two laps . . . it was even better than I expected. “I learned [to bounce] when I was seven years old in karting; I had standing starts, and I had to do the same thing — it works!”Verstappen overtook 100 drivers on an adapted track at the Grand Prix circuitGettyVerstappen laughed when asked how it was so easy for him to embarrass the grid“When I went to the grid, and I saw where I had to start, with 100 karts in front of me, I was a little bit worried,” Verstappen added.“After my first lap with all the carnage, I did think, ‘OK, we have got this under control’. From there on, I could really have a lot of fun trying to hunt them all down.“Once I started getting into a rhythm and was able to overtake them one by one and saw the gap closing, that was really exciting.”Verstappen also had radio access to the other drivers on the grid, hilariously telling one streamer that ‘it’s not a charity event’ as he hunted her down.A winner of 71 F1 races, he moved into 10th by the start of lap six with the help of his bouncing and a first-lap cut over the grass to avoid the carnage.By this stage, each driver had been granted an extra ‘fast lap’, which meant they could cut a corner of the track once to briefly extend their gap to Verstappen.Verstappen got off to the perfect start and eliminated half the grid instantly after his bouncing techniqueGettyHowever, it mattered little as F1’s youngest-ever Grand Prix winner, who also holds the record for the most wins in a single season with 19, inevitably reeled everyone in.Verstappen boosted his way up into fourth by lap 10, with Dutch F1 journalist Jacky Martens, Red Bull engine builder Lewis Osler and YouTuber Zac Alsop the remaining survivors.Pole-sitter Martens was ultimately the final driver to be overtaken as Verstappen remarkably completed his challenge with 40 minutes and 21 laps to spare.“This is my first win of the year, so I’m going to take it,” Verstappen joked when he collected the winner’s trophy, as he currently sits sixth in the F1 drivers’ standings.The Belgian-born racer, who began his racing career as a junior in karting, concluded: “It was great to just be back in a go-kart again and go back to basics; it reminded me of racing back in the day.“It’s a really beautiful track and well designed. I had a great day, and it was good to come out with the win.”