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In most countries around the , 16-year-olds have to wait for two years to be able to drive a car. Not so for 16-year old Max Verstappen. He has just been signed up to drive for a Formula 1 racing team. He will become the ever F1 driver when he races for the Toro Rosso team next year. He will be 17 when he takes in his first Grand Prix, alongside like Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. The current for the youngest F1 driver is 19 years and 125 days. Verstappen will make his at the Australian Grand Prix. He told : "Ever since I was seven years old, Formula 1 has been my goal, so this is truly a dream come true."

The Toro Rosso team Franz Tost was very about Max signing for his team. He said: "We are happy to welcome Max into the Toro Rosso family….We consider Max to be one of the most young drivers of the new and we believe he has the necessary and mental strength to take on this challenge successfully." He added: "It will now be up to us to provide Max with a car, which will enable him to have the best start to his Formula 1 career." Max is the son of the -F1 driver Jos Verstappen. He said he owed a lot of his to his father, saying: "First of all a big thanks to my father, who has always been by my , day and night, year after year."

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