CumbrianRam Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Max Verstappen will become the youngest driver in Formula 1 history after it was confirmed that he will race for Toro Rosso in 2015. The news was confirmed on Red Bull-owned Servus TV. Verstappen will race alongside Daniil Kvyat, leaving Jean- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramexpat Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 His dad Jos was a F1 driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 His dad Jos was a F1 driver Hope he doesn't crash as much as he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Bit too young to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Has he got a driving license? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 This kid is special. Saw him race earlier this year - there's something about him that you only see with certain drivers. The Red Bull programme knows what its doing. He won't be thrown in unless he's ready, and they obviously think the best thing to do is to make his learning curve as steep as possible. I'm convinced he's a future world champion. He's going to need to hit the gym though. This is a good read: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115436 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale The Ram Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Right... I had my first driving lesson yesterday, it was my birthday Monday and I find out I have to take my driving test watching someone younger than me compete with Hamilton, Vettel, Ricardo, Rosberg, Alonso etc. this is an outrage!!! Hes younger than me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 It's a pretty risky publicity stunt? Does the kid have the upper body strength to deal with the power, g-force etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 That was my first thought Andy, but he's with the best young driver development programme. They'll only throw him in if they think that's the best thing for him. This is the problem with banning Friday running and testing. In the past, he'd be the test driver for a season and do over a season's worth of running. Now he's got to learn it all in racing situations... Still, his body is coping with F3 well enough and the jump from there to F1 probably isn't as big as from karting to F3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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