News Details

Precocious teenagers to make grand prix history at Spa

Sunday, 28 August 2016, will be a historic day for Formula 1 as two teenagers will race in a grand prix for the first time in the history of the sport, as nineteen year old Esteban Ocon joins eighteen year old Max Verstappen on the grid for the Belgian Grand Prix. Verstappen has already rewritten the record books by becoming, at seventeen, the youngest Formula 1 driver when he made his debut at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, then went on to be the youngest F1 points scorer, youngest race leader and of course youngest winner when he powered to a sensational victory at the Spanish Grand Prix in May this year. Ocon has impressed with his FP1 outings for Renault as well as testing for Force...
Full Story »
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ocon: Age is just a number

As Esteban Ocon doubles the number of teenagers racing in Formula 1, the...
9y ago from PlanetF1.com

Esteban Ocon: “It’s a moment I’ve dreamed of for...

Esteban Ocon will make his F1 debut with the Manor Racing Team at this...

Ready for race debut, Ocon can handle F1 pressure –...

Ready for race debut, Ocon can handle F1 pressure – Lagrue The head...
9y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Ocon can handle F1 pressure says Mercedes driver boss

Gwen Lagrue, head of Mercedes' driver development programme, believes...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez expects ‘even faster’ times from 2027...

Marc Marquez has cast doubt over claims that the new 850cc MotoGP engines...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Helio Castroneves confirms return for 26th...

Helio Castroneves has confirmed that he will take part in the upcoming...

Takuma Sato makes Indy 500 return with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will drive...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

WRC Rally Scotland brings top tier rallying back to...

The 2027 WRC calendar should have an exciting new event on the calendar:...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: £86m rival player is now highly sought by...

Arsenal and Manchester United are very interested in signing the Newcastle...
34m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Newcastle to rival Arsenal in 100m move for...

Arsenal and Manchester City will have to compete with Newcastle United for...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Paul Merson predicts winner of Arsenal vs Manchester...

The Carabao Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley is...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Agent confirms Arsenal interest in attacker with 70...

Pio Esposito’s agent has confirmed that Arsenal are interested in...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.