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Some teens can be ready for F1 – Verstappen
Max Verstappen says he understands the FIA's decision to clamp down on the age and inexperience of future rookies in formula one. In just over a month, the Dutchman will smash the all-time record for the youngest ever race driver on the grid, when he hits the throttle in Melbourne at the controversial age of 17 years and 5 months. In reaction to Verstappen's signing by Toro Rosso, the FIA has imposed for 2016 a raft of new ‘super licence' rules that, firstly, will ban from F1 anyone under the age of 18. The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf quotes Verstappen as agreeing: 'Someone who is 15 or 16 is not ready for formula one. He should be karting. 'So I do understand what the FIA has done....
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