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Brown: We have a different driver philosophy to Red Bull

Zak Brown does not believe the driver programme used by Red Bull to groom talent for Formula 1 works for McLaren, citing too many drivers for too few cars. Red Bull famously plucked Max Verstappen, as a teenager, and stuck him straight into F1 with Toro Rosso. The young Dutchman subsequently claiming just about every ‘youngest' record there is in the sport at the highest level. However, before and after the precocious talent made it onto the scene, there was and has been a trail of spoilt or stalled careers. The likes of Scott Speed, Sebastian Bourdais, Jaime Alguersuari, Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley, Jean-Eric Vergne and Alex Albon are examples of a system that has failed of...
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