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F1's youngest ever line-up confident of success

Kimi Raikkonen is old enough to be Max Verstappen's father, and when the Formula One season gets underway at the Australian Grand Prix, the teen prodigy will be racing against the seen-it-all veteran. When Raikkonen made his F1 debut, Verstappen was only three. AP PHOTO/KEYSTONE/Jimmy Froidevaux At 17, Verstappen will become the youngest driver in F1 history. He was only three years old when Raikkonen made his F1 debut at the Australian GP in 2001. In that race, Raikkonen finished sixth -- four places ahead of Verstappen's father, Jos Verstappen. Raikkonen, who will be 36 in October, is fading away from the spotlight, but Verstappen's time in F1 is just beginning. The Dutch...
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