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Verstappen debut set to question new Superlicence rules further

The FIA’s hastily applied Superlicence rules are likely to be questioned further after Max Verstappen’s impressive Formula 1 début in the Australian Grand Prix. The seventeen-year-old Scuderia Toro Rosso driver performed admirably at Albert Park, hardly putting a foot wrong all weekend, belying his young age and apparent lack of experience, ultimately only retiring when his car expired just after his maiden pit stop whilst running inside the top ten. In fact, since making his first appearance in a Formula 1 car at the back end of 2014, Verstappen has been virtually error-free, and this makes the reasoning behind the introduction of the new Superlicence rules from the beginning of 2016...
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