At just 16, Verstappen was announced as an F1 driver, joining Toro Rosso alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz for the 2015 campaign.

It meant Verstappen would break the record for youngest-ever F1 driver at just 17, two years younger than Jꦦaime Alguersuari - who previously held the record - in 2009.

Verstappen would move ⭕up to Red Bull in 2016, taking his first victory on debut a💟t the Spanish Grand Prix.

Since thenᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ, Verstappen has enjoye✨d a plethora of success, winning three world titles, 53 races and 97 podiums.

At the time, given his age and lack of single-seater experience, the decision to sign Verstappen was heavily cꦓriticised.

Speaking on the🦩 , Tost - who will leave F1 after this weekend’s race in Abu Dhabi - spoke about Verstappen and the decision to sign him.

“Then of course Max൩ [Verstappen]. Max because of his unbeli🦂evable speed,” he said.

“When we brought him to Formula 1, I remember back some of your colleagues came to me and s♍aid you’re totally crazy, how can you take someone who doesn’t even hav♋e a driver’s licence?

“And I said, I don’t want to discuss this with you now, come in five yeꦑars and then we can discuss it because then I got tired of defending our decision.

“This un🔯believable natural speed, you could see, sometimes in Formula 3, I remember back at this wet race at the Norisring, I thought Max was driving on a dry line because he was two seconds faster than the rest.

“This reminded me also of when168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Michael Schumacher won the Formula 4 r𓂃ace at the Salzburg Ring in similar conditions and he was also two, three seconds faster than the rest.

“And then this is important for me, I want to see 𓄧what a driver is doing in our car.”