Max verstappen age driver#
Max verstappen age skin#

Max verstappen age skin#

He is confident and self-assured without being cocky and has the skin of a rhino like his old man. Verstappen has also been given a tentative thumbs up by F1 winner John Watson: 'If I had to put a tick or a cross beside his name it would be a tick,” he said. 'He does not need more experience in other junior classes.' He was two seconds faster than the rest despite changing conditions,' he said. 'His race at the Norisring really impressed me. Now I’m disappointed when I don’t achieve that every race.'Įx-F1 racer Helmut Marko held back both Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo but has no such concerns about choosing Verstappen. 'This was supposed a learning year, to be honest I have surprised myself,' he added. Instead of achieving his modest aim of one top three finish in the European F3 feeder series he is an eight-time winner with an F1 contract.

No-one, he admits is more surprised than he is to find himself a Grand Prix ace at a the tender age when most teenagers are still waiting for their GCSE results. “My target now is to beat my father’s records in F1,” said Verstappen junior. 'And at Red Bull and Toro Rosso there will be plenty of people to help me.'įather Jos, who had to be persuaded to put him in kart aged four, contested over 100 Grand PrixS and his best result was third. Of course its beneficial if you have more experience, but you only gain that from driving the car. 'Everybody has their right to an opinion about my age. It's more dangerous to bike through a big city than racing in an F1 car.' 'The biggest step I had was from karting to F3. That’s a warp-speed graduation even for a man-boy who can boast a mother, father, uncle and grandfather as racing drivers.

Max verstappen age driver#

The Dutch race ace has been unveiled as Toro Rosso’s newest signing at the tender age of 16.Īnd he will be the youngest F1 driver in history if he makes his debut in Australia on March 15 next year aged 17 and 164 days.Įven though he has less than 50 races under his belt and will have to be driven to Grand Prixs because he is not old enough to take his road car licence Verstappen insisted he is ready for the big time.Īnd that’s even though he has gone from track racing debut to Grand Prix ace in a startling 10 months.

Teenage F1 sensation Max Verstappen insists city cycling is scarier than a roaring 200mph Grand Prix machine.