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Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko believes Max Verstappen has become Formula Ones most popular driver worldwide. Ervin Santana Jersey .Verstappens popularity was clear to see at the Belgian Grand Prix, with swathes of Dutch fans making the trip across the border to see him race. The Dutchman has courted controversy since that race, getting into a spat with Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen over his driving at Spa and his subsequent refusal to accept blame.Marko thinks the fans like the traits Verstappen has demonstrated in his short career so far.Probably we are lacking strong personalities lately, Marko told F1.com. On top, there are drivers doing their last season, so they are complaining about Max, about safety, about anything.With Max, here is someone who is really young with a strong idea of what he wants - and he is not shy of trying to get it, of trying to be successful. And the reaction of the fans plays to his advantage. I would say he is probably now the most popular driver on the grid - worldwide.The negative comments about Verstappen come in a season which has already seen Verstappen become F1s youngest race winner in Spain. He has also turned in memorable drives in Canada and Great Britain, where he pulled off an early candidate for overtake of the season on Nico Rosberg.?Marko thinks the recent criticism levelled at the driver he once compared to Ayrton Senna has been unjustified.Nothing is justified. Max is a different calibre. He has the traits of a future world champion and he is just doing what is necessary to get there.It obviously surprises some that this also involves overtaking and defending. If there had been something gravely wrong, the stewards would have penalised him. Byung-Ho Park Jersey . -- Charline Labonte couldnt have asked for a better homecoming. 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The camp, which opens Friday at the Air Canada Centre, will include NBA players Tristan Thompson, Cory Joseph, Andrew Nicholson and Joel Anthony. Recently drafted Kelly Olynyk and first overall pick Anthony Bennett will also be with the team, though neither will participate due to injury. Phenom Andrew Wiggins will not be with the group, opting instead to focus on preparing for his freshman season at Kansas. Still, there will be plenty of competition for playing time among the camps 18 attendees. And perhaps some tough decisions for general manager Steve Nash and Triano, who returned to the helm a year ago after coaching Canada from 1998 to 2004. "I said to Steve, Man, this is not an easy job a it used to be we had hard time convincing NBA players to play for our country," Triano said at a news conference. "(Now in the future) were going to have to cut an NBA player off of our Canadian national team." "Steve says, Thats great, I said, Not for me, I dont want to be that guy," Triano said with a laugh. "Thats where we are." Nash, himself a star player with the Los Angeles Lakers, calls it Canadas "golden age of basketball." The team is using the camp to prepare for the Aug. 30-Sept. 11 FIBA Americas Championship in Venezuela, where the top four teams will qualify for the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain. Having spent time working with USA Basketball in recent years, Triano has witnessed first-hand how the bonds developed in summer training sessions translate onto the floor and galvanize team chemistry. Joe Mauer Jersey. "I think what we do in meetings and off the floor and what we do on the floor is all going to be part of whether we can mesh as a team," Triano said. "We have to use the experience we have from guys who have played in the past and represented Canada and we have to use the young influx of talent and find ways to get them that international experience. No better way then to go one on one every day upstairs in practice." With more attention on the program and Canadian talent than ever before, Nash stressed the importance of remaining focused on their long-term goals. "Obviously, were desperate to qualify," he said of the World Cup. "But the truth is its going to be a real challenge. Weve got a tremendously young team. We have a lot of guys who have very little international experience and very little experience playing together. The challenge is there." While the FIBA Americas Championship is the first goal, Nashs sights remain set on the bigger picture. "Our top players are all in," Nash said. "Its a beautiful thing. Theyre getting a lot of love and interest from people in Canada. This boom of young talent thats entering the NBA and potentially going to the NBA, I believe fans and television viewership is up 19 per cent or something in the past year or two in this country. That, in many ways, is interest in those young players. 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