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Max verstappen becomes youngest F1 GP winner

Dutch teenager, Max Verstappen, on 15 May 2016 became Formula One's youngest race winner after winning the Spanish Grand Prix. 
•    His teammate Sebastian Vettel stood at the third position.
•    Verstappen drove to triumph after, Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crashed out in the first lap of the race.
•    At 18 years and 228 days, Max Verstappen is the youngest race winner in F1 history. The Dutchman was two years and 210 days younger than the previous youngest winner, Sebastian Vettel.
•    Max is the son of former F1 driver Jos Verstappen who never finished better than third in his career.
•    He became the first Dutchman to win a Formula One race and just the second to stand on an F1 podium. The other is his father, Jos, who scored two podium finishes in 1994 with Benetton.
•    He made debut aged 17 at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix for Toro Rosso, this made him the youngest driver to compete in the history of the sport.
•    Verstappen is also the sport’s youngest race leader and youngest podium finisher.
•    He is also the youngest F1 point scorer and the youngest driver to start a Grand Prix, both achieved 2015 season.

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