“It’s great to be 18 and to have a driving license”, he told his personal website.
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The son of motorcycle racer Jamie Alguersuari Sr, he began his career in Formula Renault, finishing as the runner up for the championship the following year. “Born to race! #driverlicense”. “That I’m finally allowed on the road on my own gives me more independence, which is great!”
“Something inside me says it’s the moment to take a different path because I think I have fallen out of love with this girlfriend who has been with me all these years”.
“It’s a relief”, said Max. who had only started driving lessons a week ago. Right now I’m not insane about racing.
On track, Verstappen has disarmed his critics entirely in just 14 races.
Former Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Jaime Alguersuari has announced his retirement from motorsport, aged 25. His best result of that group came in Hungary, where he finished fourth, less than 20 seconds away from standing on the podium.
The youngest world champion was Sebastian Vettel at the age of 23. Alguersuari completed the 2009 season with Toro Rosso and stayed for two full seasons before being dropped by the team and from Red Bull’s driver programme at the end of 2011.
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Already there has been speculation about where he might end up and how soon.
