Former Toro Rosso team manager Graham Watson has claimed that Max Verstappen is a lot more mature than most people think. Watson described the 24-year-old as a “special talent” who has “great self-confidence” in the car.
In an interview with Motorsport.com, Watson said:
“Max is not arrogant, but like his father he is bursting with self-confidence. I saw that for the first time in Brazil (2015), where he had a moment in free practice and almost had a bad fall. ”Set the fastest time.” “We also have to remember that Max drove our race car over the weekend is. In any case, even at this age I would never have thought: Oh my God, he will get back into our car and it will go hopelessly wrong. “” It is difficult to put into words what I was feeling, but from that moment on I knew Max would be something special. “
Max Verstappen was the youngest driver to start an F1 race when he made his debut for Scuderia Toro Rosso at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, aged just 17.
In his rookie year, Verstappen finished fourth twice and scored 49 points – more than twice as many points as his team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr (18).
The following year, at the age of just 18, he was promoted to the Red Bull Racing Team. He then won the Spanish Grand Prix on his debut for the team in 2016, becoming the youngest driver to win an F1 race.
Max Verstappen’s former race engineer says the Dutchman was “terrifyingly good” in the first F1 test
Max Verstappen’s former race engineer at Toro Rosso, Xevi Pujolar, says the Dutchman was “terrifyingly good” when he first drove in a Formula 1 car. Before making his F1 debut in 2015, Verstappen took part in an F1 test with Toro Rosso at the Adria circuit in Italy, where he impressed his future squad.
In an interview with Gazzetta.it, Pujolar said:
“We did a 148-lap test with the 2012 STR7, over 500 km in total.” “It was very fast even then. I also remember the asphalt being wet for most of the day, especially in the morning. And for a rookie driver, it’s never best to be in a single-seater on a track as treacherous as this. ”“ But he mastered the car in a frightening way
The 18-year-old Max Verstappen took this daring step on Sergio Perez stick on his first visit to Interlagos with Toro Rosso
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A brilliant overtaking maneuver for his future team-mate 
The 18-year-old Max Verstappen made this daring move on the Sergio Perez stick on his first visit to Interlagos with Toro Rosso # BrazilGP
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Max Verstappen rose to Formula 1 racing after just one year, which is very unconventional. Although Verstappen lost the 2014 F3 European Championship to his F1 driver Esteban Ocon, Verstappen’s impressive accomplishments were enough to arouse the interest of F1 teams, including Mercedes and Red Bull.
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While Mercedes wanted Verstappen to take the conventional route into F1 to advance to the latter through junior formulas, Red Bull immediately offered him an F1 place on their junior team.
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