News Details

Hakkinen: I was wrong about Verstappen

Mika Hakkinen has admitted he was wrong in his assessment of teenage rookie Max Verstappen before the season began. When Red Bull announced last year that the 17-year-old would be making his debut for Toro Rosso in 2015, Hakkinen said: 'In no case is a driver ready for formula one at 17. 'Either as a manager or a father, I would never let a driver as young as that race in F1,' the former McLaren driver and two-time world champion said in August of 2014. Four races into Verstappen's grand prix career, however, the teenage Dutchman is now also the youngest-ever F1 points scorer and being hailed as a potential new Senna. 'I was against someone coming into F1 at the age of 17,' Hakkinen told...
Full Story »
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Verstappen eager for swift points return

ax Verstappen is keen to return to the points when Formula 1 arrives in...
10y ago from GPUpdate.net

Hakkinen fears no quick fix for McLaren-Honda woes

Former F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen fears that his former McLaren team...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

No quick fix for McLaren – Hakkinen

Rumours McLaren may appear with a radical new livery this weekend in...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Horner sure of Red Bull progress

Red Bull/Getty Images Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is sure...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Johann Zarco reveals when he ‘began to believe'...

Johann Zarco reveals he “began to believe” he could win his home...

Toprak Razgatlioglu secures Most WorldSBK Race 1...

Toprak Razgatlioglu was a cut above the rest by securing victory in Race...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Jurrien Timber injury: Arsenal given pre-season hope...

Arsenal are keeping their fingers crossed that Jurrien Timber will return...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal have agreed new contracts for 3 key players...

Arsenal have reportedly agreed to renew the contracts of three key players...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal ahead of Chelsea in race to sign 20-year-old...

Arsenal are reportedly leading the race to sign Borussia Dortmund winger...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Mikel Arteta future: Arsenal manager sent one-season...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is told he can only afford one more...
7h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.