F1 2016 Head-to-Head: Max Verstappen vs. Carlos Sainz at Toro Rosso

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Published: January 25, 2016

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The Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso team is unique in Formula One in that it exists for the benefit of one of its rivals.

The team's goal is to take talented but raw youngsters from the Red Bull Junior Team and refine them into finished products who are ready to step up to the main Red Bull squad whenever a vacancy arises.

Sebastian Vettel is the most well-known and successful product of this system, while Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat also earned a promotion after a season or two at Faenza.

But for all the analysis and effort that goes into selecting suitable candidates, most Toro Rosso kids fail to make the cut.

Scott Speed, Sebastien Bourdais, Sebastien Buemi, Jaime Alguersuari and Jean-Eric Vergne all saw their F1 careers stall when they reached the end of their times at Toro Rosso, while Vitantonio Liuzzi hung around near the back of the field for a few seasons before following them into the wilderness.

Success is possible, but the statistics show that a driver is twice as likely to fail.

So when Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr. stepped up to Toro Rosso at the start of 2015, the weight of the world was immediately piled upon their young shoulders.

Both knew the score. Making the right sort of impact would give them a shot at the life they had always dreamed of; but if they failed to shine, their F1 careers would be over before they had truly begun.



Verstappen and Sainz Jr. took different routes to the pinnacle of single-seater motorsport.

The younger of the two, Verstappen—just 17 when he made his racing debut—was plucked straight from his first season of European Formula Three and thrust into the spotlight as the youngest-ever driver to sit on an F1 grid.

When his promotion to a race seat was announced in the summer of 2014, he had entered just 13 race weekends in single-seaters, contested a total of 39 car races and...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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