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Young Formula One drivers: age is just a number

dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">   August 27th, 2014 (F1Plus / Rosie Baillie) - The hot topic in Belgium was the age of Max Verstappen, who will be 17 years old when he makes his Formula One debut next year.   It all began last week when Toro Rosso announced that Verstappen will race for them in 2015 alongside Daniil Kvyat. At 17 years old he will be the youngest ever Formula One driver, smashing the current record of 19 years and 125 days which is held by former Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari. Over the course of the weekend current drivers and Verstappen himself have faced questions about whether 17 is too young to...
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