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Hakkinen: I was wrong about Max Verstappen

Former world champion Mika Hakkinen has admitted he was wrong in criticsing the manner in which teenager Max Verstappen was fast-tracked into Formula 1 by Red Bull. Speaking to media in Holland, Hakkinen said, 'I was really happy I was wrong [about Max]' 'It has strengthened my understanding that young girls and young boys they are much more ready in this world. You have to let them speak, you have to listen to what they have to say.' Ahead of young Verstappen's F1 debut season, with Toro Rosso in 2015, in 2015 Hakkinen was adamant: “I would never let a driver as young as that race in F1.” Fast forward a year and a half and the two times world champion has changed hus tune. 'It’s...
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