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Ericsson feels Young Driver Hype not needed in F1

Marcus Ericsson believes the hype being attached to the young drivers coming into Formula 1 is too much, and feels his own driving at the age of twenty-six merits his position on the grid. Max Verstappen was just seventeen when he made his debut for the Scuderia Toro Rosso team back in 2014, while Lance Stroll will make his debut in 2017 aged just eighteen with the Williams Martini Racing squad, while other young drivers on the grid include Esteban Ocon (twenty years old), Carlos Sainz Jr, Daniil Kvyat and Pascal Wehrlein (all twenty-two). Despite the increased number of younger drivers on the grid, Ericsson does not feel his drive is under threat despite himself being twenty-six years of...
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