Max Verstappen becomes youngest driver to participate in F1 . The Dutch teenager will be the first ever Formula One world champion from outside Europe and is expected to take over as team principal at Red Bull next season. The legal driving age in his native Netherlands is 18 . `` I have to thank Red Bull and Scuderia Toro Rosso for giving me the possibility to be in the car already this year on Fridays and get well prepared for next year . Verstappen is the son of former F1 driver Jos Verstappen .
Max Verstappen becomes youngest driver to participate in F1 . The Dutch teenager will be the first ever Formula One world champion from outside Europe and is expected to take over as team principal at Red Bull next season. The legal driving age in his native Netherlands is 18 . Verstappen is the son of former F1 driver Jos Verstappen .