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Verstappen debut ‘an insult’ – Villeneuve

Jacques Villeneuve says the forthcoming debut of F1's youngest ever race driver Max Verstappen is 'an insult'. Just a year out of karts, 17-year-old Verstappen has been signed to drive for Red Bull's junior F1 team Toro Rosso in 2015. The outspoken 1997 world champion told Italy's Omnicorse: 'Should I tell you the truth? I think Max is an insult. 'Do Red Bull realise they are putting a child in formula one? 'I do not doubt that he is fast, but he has no experience. I arrived in F1 when I was 25, after winning in Indycars. 'Before you are fighting against the lives of others, you have to learn, and it is not F1's role to teach,' said Villeneuve. He said the FIA's move to impose a minimum...
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