Young Driver & Riders : The Future Stars & Champions
Youngsters in both two and four wheel racing have a
significant role these days. In some championships, like F1 and motoGP, there
are number of youngsters given chance to compete in the top flight level despite
their young age.
Daniil Kyvat
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| Hey Daniil, it's not a gun! |
The 19-year old Russian pilot sees this season, 2014 as
his debut in Formula 1. Daniil is one of the drivers in Red Bull young driver
development program and has been there since his first years in motosport. The
Ufa-born driver is guided by the Austrian outfit since he was in F3. In 2013 he
won GP3 Series and signed with F1 team Toro Rosso for 2014.
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| in 2014 Bahrain GP |
With Red Bull
Racing’s ‘younger brother’ Daniil became
the second youngest driver to race in F1 history after Jaime Alguersuari in
Hungary ’09 at 19 years and 125 days old. He races very well in his first season, as a regular finisher in
mid-table. For 2015, Daniil will be promoted to RBR. He will take Sebastian Vettel's seat as the German joins Ferrari.
Max Verstappen
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| Yes, he drove an F1 car at a very young age |
This is a big news! A 17-year old teenager gets an access
to drive an F1 car and even he joins the free practice session! This happened at
2014 Japanese GP where Max, whose old man is a former F1 driver from Holland, Johanes
‘Jos’ Verstappen, became the youngest lad ever to drive an F1 car in
age of 17. Isn’t that cool, is it????
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| Dominating the Euro F3, Max will step up to F1 |
If I tell you from the start, Max -who is still a skool
boy- inherits the racing talent from his daddy who raced in F1 in the Nineties
to 2005. His daddy and Red Bull forged him from his childhood days. Joining Red
Bull Academy, Max enters European F3 Series in 2014 and becomes title
challenger. Max, who also competes the series with Indonesian young talent Sean
Gelael, won many races and lead the classement and becomes the strong contender
for the title.
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Max is confirmed to race in F1 with Scuderia Toro Rosso
in 2015. If so, then he will break Jaime Alguersuari's record. Many can’t hardly wait to see the
action of the boy whose recruiting becomes a sensation in F1 world.
Maverick Vinales
And this is from the world of two wheels a.k.a motorcycle
racing. A year ago, he still competed in moto3. Now he’s in moto2 and next
year he’ll be in motoGP, the world’s premiere class.
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| The 2013 moto3 Champion |
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| Celebrating his first world title |
Maverick debuted in moto3 class
in 2011. He was only 16 but his performance was exceptional. The following year
he got into Top 10 and in 2013 he left the class as the world champion with 3 victories.
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| Maverick in action. No, you're not watching a blockbuster movie from the 80s |
In 2014
Maverick signs with Pagina Amarillas HP 40 Pons Kalex. He won in Argentina, Germany,
Australia, and Malaysia. Until the penultimate round, Malaysian GP, his position
in the classement is 3rd.
Maverick, whose brother-in-law races in moto3, Isaac, receives an offer from Suzuki and the Japanese factory team get his signature on their
contract offer. Well, well, well, how cool can he go in next season in motoGP
class???
Jack Miller
Tim LCR Honda make decision that could put a ‘wow!’ on
your mouth. Team owned by Lucio Cecchinello sign an Australian wonderkid
rider....who he might be? You’re right, he is Jack Miller.
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| Yeah ! And you can take a selfie after this, Jack |
Should you not know Jack Miller : Born in Australia 19
years ago and now he races for Red Bull KTM Ajo in moto3. Qatar 2012 was his
first race. At that time he rode a Honda, property of RTG Honda and raced for
the team for 2 seasons. Then in 2014 he moves to the Austrian side. Jack is
dubbed as the new Casey Stoner, seen from his riding style, achievements, and
the talent.
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| Can he go far like Casey? Let's see! |
His extraordinary talent makes many teams racing for his
signature, but a shocking offer comes from a motoGP team, LCR. The Monaco-based
firm recruit the ¼ litre class rider, which is not a common process. Normally,
from moto3, a rider steps up to the moto2 class, so Jack takes a leap over 2
classes. Many doubt his experience and competency, but some encourage him to
adapt quickly with the super-fast machines in the 1-litre class.
FYI, this class leap once happened in 2009 season. 2007 125cc World Champion Gabor Talmacsi skipped 250cc class and signed with JiR
Honda motoGP. The Hungarian rider replaced Yuki Takahashi who quitted in the mid-season due to lack of sponsor funding.
Marc Marquez
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| The Baby Alien |
Such a lie if you say you don’t know this
boy. I make an exception cos what I tell
you here in this section is a champion, contrast to the post title saying “The
Future Champions.” This is a flashback of his early days of his career.
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| Yeah mate, this lads's so fast! |
Few knew him when he first raced in 2008, in 125 cc
class. In 2010 Marq was crowned World Champion.
Took a step up to moto2, the rookie kid already became strong competitor for the title in 2011. Unfortunately, injury problems said “no” to him and Stefan Bradl from Germany won
the series. In 2012, Bradl promoted to motoGP and Marc redeemed himself. He was
only 19 when he clinched the moto2 trophy
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| Clinched the title after injury denied him in 2011 |
2013 season was Marc’s first venture in motoGP. He raced
for Repsol Honda, the team he still races for this season. Astonishing
pre-season results translated to the real race results and he won the
championship in his maiden season.
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| Now the helmet's on his left hand |
Marc broke ma-ny records from the youngest
race winner, youngest polesitter, youngest classement leader, and the youngest
back-to-back motoGP Champion, and others. All those landmarks achieved
by the rider with the number 93 in age of 21! So far he has won 4 world titles, such as 2010 125cc World Champion
in the age of 17, 2012 moto2 World Champion (19), 2013 motoGP World Champion (20) and 2014
(21). Now that’s crazy!
