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Marko still annoyed with F1's age entry restrictions
Helmut Marko thinks it is “nonsense” that a 17-year-old, like Max Verstappen was in 2015, can no longer race in Formula 1. Verstappen was famously fast-tracked to F1 straight from the European Formula 3 Championship, making his debut for Toro Rosso at the Australian Grand Prix less than six months after his 17th birthday. Two weeks later he scored his first points, finishing seventh in Malaysia. Marko, of course, as head of Red Bull’s driver development programme, was instrumental in giving the Dutchman his big chance – and now, at 24, Verstappen is the World Champion. But 2015 was the final year when a 17-year-old, like Verstappen, was eligible to compete in F1. In December 2014,...
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