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Precocious teenagers to make grand prix history at Spa

Sunday, 28 August 2016, will be a historic day for Formula 1 as two teenagers will race in a grand prix for the first time in the history of the sport, as nineteen year old Esteban Ocon joins eighteen year old Max Verstappen on the grid for the Belgian Grand Prix. Verstappen has already rewritten the record books by becoming, at seventeen, the youngest Formula 1 driver when he made his debut at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, then went on to be the youngest F1 points scorer, youngest race leader and of course youngest winner when he powered to a sensational victory at the Spanish Grand Prix in May this year. Ocon has impressed with his FP1 outings for Renault as well as testing for Force...
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