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Written by Joe Holding
It really did happen. Yesterday a teenager entered the Spanish Grand Prix, having raced in F1 on just 23 previous occasions, in a car he hadn"t driven until last Friday, and won.Sure, luck played its part: forgetting for a moment that the two quickest cars crashed on the opening lap, the Dutchman also found himself on the best strategy on account of being behind his teammate for most of the race. And when the stars did align, it just so happened that he was on a circuit where it is notoriously difficult to overtake.But the fact remains that the 18-year-old beat two former world champions to the top step of the podium, in a car that has generally been slower so far this season. Completing nearly half of the race on one set of medium compound tyres, Verstappen drove faultlessly to claim the chequered flag without giving Kimi Raikkonen in second so much as a sniff of the race lead.There simply aren"t enough superlatives to describe his achievement. So instead, here are some bone-fide facts that we still can"t quite believe are true
Date written: 16 May 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3446
It really did happen. Yesterday a teenager entered the Spanish Grand Prix, having raced in F1 on just 23 previous occasions, in a car he hadn"t driven until last Friday, and won.Sure, luck played its part: forgetting for a moment that the two quickest cars crashed on the opening lap, the Dutchman also found himself on the best strategy on account of being behind his teammate for most of the race. And when the stars did align, it just so happened that he was on a circuit where it is notoriously difficult to overtake.But the fact remains that the 18-year-old beat two former world champions to the top step of the podium, in a car that has generally been slower so far this season. Completing nearly half of the race on one set of medium compound tyres, Verstappen drove faultlessly to claim the chequered flag without giving Kimi Raikkonen in second so much as a sniff of the race lead.There simply aren"t enough superlatives to describe his achievement. So instead, here are some bone-fide facts that we still can"t quite believe are true
Date written: 16 May 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3446
