Current Max Verstappen

2015 sees the arrival of the youngest driver ever to sit in an F1 car. Max Verstappen was born on 30th September 1997 and, assuming he makes the grid in Australia, will only be 17 years and 167 days, beating Jaime Alguersuaris' record by 1 year and 323 days (assuming my maths is correct).

How can such a young man be ready for F1? As the son of former F1 driver Jos Verstappen Max started racing karts at 4½ years old. In 2006 he won the Belgian Minimax Championship in the KF5 category and in 2007 he won both the Dutch and Belgian titles as well as the Belgian Cadet Championship.

In 2009 he won the KF5 Flemish Championship and moved up to International Karting. In 2010 Max finished 2nd in the KF3 World Cup, won the Euro Series and the WSK World Series. In 2011 he again won the WSK World Series and moved up the KF2 class winning the WSK Master Series and the South Garda Winter Cup in 2012. In 2013, at 15 years of age, Verstappen won the World KZ Championship, which is highest level of karting.

For 2014 Max moved up to European Formula 3. He finished 3rd in the Championship winning 10 of the 33 races, more than those who finished above him in the title race. Max was recruited into the Red Bull Young Driver Programme in August 2014 and only 6 days later was announced as one of the drivers for Toro Rosso in F1 for 2015. Apparently he was also being courted by Mercedes for their young driver programme so you have to wonder how much the pull of an F1 seat at Toro Rosso drove the decision to go with Red Bull.

Having already taken part in 3 Friday sessions as a test driver Max Verstappen is the youngest person ever to take part in a Grand Prix weekend. If he acquits himself well during 2015 many will say it is an inspired decision. If he turns into a mobile chicane or treats F1 like a destruction derby I'm sure many questions will be asked as to why someone not even old enough to qualify for a driving licence in his home country is allowed to get behind the wheel of a car at the pinnacle of motorsport.

Future Champion? One season (or even one race) wonder? 2015 will be very interesting for Max Verstappen.
 
just thinking lets say max pulls that move & kimi or less alert/expierenced driver didnt brake, would this have happened down the kemmel straight

 
Someone is going to get killed or have a big accident involving Max Verstappen

I sometimes wonder if someone with lesser experience than Kimi does not brake and just slam into the back and protest he brake tested them . I don't think Max would get away with it
 
F1Brits_90

Remember Monza 1993 when the Minardi's collided down the main straight and luckily the one that was flipped ended up facing the same way with four wheels in tact

Or Estoril 1992 when Patrese got flung down against the pitwall because he got too close to Berger who was diving into the pits

I see these accidents happening with Verstappen
 
F1Brits_90

Remember Monza 1993 when the Minardi's collided down the main straight and luckily the one that was flipped ended up facing the same way with four wheels in tact

Or Estoril 1992 when Patrese got flung down against the pitwall because he got too close to Berger who was diving into the pits

I see these accidents happening with Verstappen

Holy :censored: , just seen them almost makes webbers crash look tameish. But yeah as i said a less experienced driver palmer sainz ocon couldve gone through the back of him But as someone said above when you bring a guy through with no experience in gp2 or gp3. & had even completed a full season of single seaters when announced he is going to learn his mistakes in front of the whole world
 
As much as I like being entertained by Verstappen's driving antics, his comments after the race are quite disturbing. Hard driving on the edge is great if it is well calculated. Coming from vengeful anger is just plain scary.

(Lets just hope that he is simply playing this up for the media entertainment and he was a lot more composed during the race then his comments suggest. I don't think he is that media savvy yet though. Maybe mommy Verstappen should have a word with him about anger issues?)
 
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