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Formula 1 introduces minimum age limit of 18
Max Verstappen will forever be the youngest F1 driver as from 2016 on F1 will have an age limit
Formula 1 will impose a minimum age limit of 18 years old from 2016, the sport's governing body said on Wednesday in a change that would have kept out Dutch teenager Max Verstappen if introduced for next year.
Verstappen was signed by the Toro Rosso team while still only 16 and turned 17 last September. He will become the youngest ever Formula One driver when he makes his debut in Australia in March.
His Spanish team mate Carlos Sainz, son of the former world rally champion who shares the same name, is only 20 years old in what will be the youngest team lineup the sporthas seen.
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