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 th𓄧e record for youngest-ever F1 driver at just 17, two years younger than Jaime Alguersuari - who previously held the record - in 2009.

Verstappen would move up to Red Bull in 𝓀2016, taking his first victory on debut at the 💦Spanish Grand Prix.

Since then💜, Verstappen has enjoyed a plethora of success, winning three world titles, 53 r🌠aces and 97 podiums.

At the tim﷽e, given his age and lack of single-seater experience, the decision to sig𓄧n Verstappen was heavily criticised.

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

“Then of course Max [Verstappen]. Max because of his🌊 unbelievable speed,” he ꧙said.

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

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

“This unbelievable 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 th♏e rest.

“This reminded me also of when168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Michael Schumacher won the Formula 4 race at the Salzburg Ring in simil🤡ar conditions and he was also two, three seco💟nds faster than the rest.

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