top right side of stage fright: Max Verstappen needs no warm-up time
On the table before him were about 20 recorders around him were about 40 journalists. After his promising Training debut as the youngest Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen, the Dutchman showed but pretty unimpressed by the bustle and off the track. “Age is just a number,” said Verstappen – three days after his 17th birthday
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The numbers in his first race at Toro Rosso in a Grand Prix weekend spoke for themselves. Twelfth of 22 riders. “I guess I can not complain,” said Verstappen. When he saw his time on the monitor, “I was happy”. He was 2.696 seconds slower than the fastest of the training upbeat on the 5.807 km long Suzuka Circuit, Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes. Verstappen: “I was not even close to the limit. I went to security. “
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Five, six rounds, ie about 30 kilometers took the 17-year-old in his own words, to be get used to the current car. In all likelihood, he will control the STR9 in Austin, São Paulo and Abu Dhabi again in training. His racing debut in the premier class of motorsport he should give in Melbourne on March 15 next year. If everything goes as planned, it will trigger the Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari then as recent Grand Prix pilots. This was in 2009 at age 19 started – in a Toro Rosso. Also quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, once also at Toro Rosso, had been 19 years old at his racing debut.
The fact that the training premiere ended slightly prematurely with smoke from the rear and after 22 laps, took Verstappen as cool as anything, “I might have been able to make three or four more laps, which would have also made no difference.”
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Papa Jos, once team-mate Michael Schumacher at Benetton, the defect acknowledged nevertheless briefly with worried expression in the Toro Rosso-box. Ultimately, however, will have prevailed even with him the pride. Especially since the Suzuka experienced earlier pilot had given the son man to a tip or two for the challenging course. “He told me that it was not an easy course for anyone who starts,” said Verstappen Junior.
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The Apprentice mastered him. A few days before his appearance in Japan, he had only received permission from the International Automobile Federation. Previously, Max Verstappen was driven at the Adria International Raceway in an older model for testing purposes. Otherwise, he gained his experience in Formula 3rd
“One of the biggest differences is that I was able to drive from the hotel to the track itself,” said Vettel in Suzuka with a smile. Verstappen, who still has no driver’s license, feels in the passenger seat but even quite well: “I enjoy it, you can get some sleep.” Behind the wheel is the teenager, the Red Bulls motorsport boss Helmut Marko been compared with Ayrton Senna, this wide awake.
first Free Training:
1 Nico Rosberg (Wiesbaden) Mercedes 1: 35.461 Min .;
2 Lewis Hamilton (England) Mercedes 1: 35.612;
3 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1: 36.037;
4 Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams 1: 36.576;
5 Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1: 37.187;
6 Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) McLaren Mercedes 1: 37.327;
7 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Red Bull 1: 37.466;
8 Jenson Button (England) McLaren Mercedes 1: 37.649;
9 Sebastian Vettel (Heppenheim) Red Bull 1: 37.686;
10 Daniil Kwjat (Russia) Toro Rosso 1: 37.714;
11 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams 1: 38.012;
12 Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Toro Rosso 1: 38.157;
13 Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India 1: 38.324;
14 Nico Hulkenberg (Emmerich) Force India 1: 38.582;
15 Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus 1: 38.851;
16 Adrian Sutil (Graefelfing) Clean 1: 39.046;
17 Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus 1: 39.097;
18 Esteban Gutiérrez (Mexico) Clean 1: 39.318;
19 Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Caterham 1: 40.031;
20 Roberto Merhi (Spain) Caterham 1: 41.472;
21 Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia 1: 41.580;
22 Max Chilton (England) Marussia 1: 41.757
second Free Training:
1 Lewis Hamilton (England) Mercedes 1: 35.078 Min .;
2nd Nico Rosberg (Wiesbaden) Mercedes 1: 35.318;
3 Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams 1: 36.279;
4 Jenson Button (England) McLaren Mercedes 1: 36.409;
5 Sebastian Vettel (Heppenheim) Red Bull 1: 36.436;
6 Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1: 36.529;
7 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1: 36.637;
8 Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) McLaren Mercedes 1: 36.714;
9 Daniil Kwjat (Russia) Toro Rosso 1: 36.943;
10 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Red Bull 1: 37.186;
11 Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso 1: 37.219;
12 Nico Hulkenberg (Emmerich) Force India 1: 37.504;
13 Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus 1: 37.563;
14 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams 1: 37,700;
15 Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India 1: 37.786;
16 Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus 1: 37.798;
17 Adrian Sutil (Graefelfing) Clean 1: 38.010;
18 Esteban Gutiérrez (Mexico) Clean 1: 38.365;
19 Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Caterham 1: 39.069;
20 Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia 1: 39.306;
21 Max Chilton (England) Marussia 1: 39.333;
22 Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Caterham 1: 42.760
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