F1 2015 Head-to-Head: Max Verstappen vs. Carlos Sainz Jr. at Toro Rosso

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Published: March 10, 2015

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"Kids, isn't it?" Mark Webber told ITV's television coverage of the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix after being punted out of the race by Sebastian Vettel, the Toro Rosso driver in his first full season of Formula One.

"Kids with not enough experience, (they) do a good job and then they f--k it all up."

The interview may have been ended abruptly as the Australian—denied the chance to take his maiden grand prix win through no fault of his own—stormed away, but Webber's words have lived long in the memory.



Sparring partners at Red Bull Racing for five seasons between 2009 and 2013, Vettel and Webber came to blows on several occasions—most notable, of course, was their collision at the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix and the team orders row at Malaysia 2013—and youth, very often, had the edge over experience.

Vettel, the youngest-ever grand prix winner in history by the time he arrived at Red Bull, claimed the team's first win and went on to become the youngest-ever four-time world champion in just four years while Webber, for all his experience, was reduced to a mere support role until his retirement at the end of 2013.

And since Webber walked away from the sport, that quote has taken on a wider significance as the kids have taken over to the point where, little more than seven years after he fumed at a rainy Fuji Speedway, his words now feel as if they belong in a distant, bygone era of F1.



The emergence of mid-20-somethings Daniel Ricciardo, Webber's replacement at Red Bull, and Valtteri Bottas, in just his second season, as potential world champions in 2014 was complemented by the rise of Daniil Kvyat, who at 19 broke Vettel's record as the youngest-ever point-scorer in just his first grand prix and went on to replace the German at Red Bull for this year.

Yet the most significant development came at Toro Rosso, where Max Verstappen and Ca...
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