The 16-year-old managed 148 laps at Adria International Raceway.
After trying a Formula 1 car for the first time a few weeks back during a promotional Show Run in Rotterdam, Max Verstappen had his first proper test at the wheel of a Formula 1 car today.
The 16-year-old Dutchman, who will race alongside Daniil Kvyat next year for Scuderia Toro Rosso, drove the 2012 STR7 car at the Adria International Raceway, about two hour’s drive away from our Faenza factory. The track was still damp in the morning after overnight rain and Verstappen’s first few runs were done on Intermediate tyres, but conditions improved enough for him to switch to slicks later in the day.
He did a mix of short and long runs as well as trying his hand at other features of a race weekend, such as pit stops and start launches. By the end of the day he had completed 148 trouble free laps of the 2.702 kilometre long track.