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Hakkinen admits ‘wrong’ about Verstappen
Mika Hakkinen has admitted he was 'wrong' about Max Verstappen. When Red Bull announced last year that the 17-year-old would be making his debut for Toro Rosso in 2015, Hakkinen said: 'In no case is a driver ready for formula one at 17. 'Either as a manager or a father, I would never let a driver as young as that race in F1,' the former McLaren driver and two-time world champion said in August of 2014. Four races into Verstappen's grand prix career, however, the teenage Dutchman is now also the youngest-ever F1 points scorer and being hailed as a potential new Senna. 'I was against someone coming into F1 at the age of 17,' Hakkinen told the Spanish sports daily Marca on Monday, 'but I am...
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