Mercedes driver Kimi Antoneli was 18 when he made his Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix in March.
Weeks earlier, he passed a driving test to get his regular road license.
Formula One is by no means a series for young drivers, at least not when the grid includes Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso – who together have nine drivers’ titles in F1 and 84 years on the planet.
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