Max Verstappen Q&A: I was in full ‘safe’ mode for debut run

Max Verstappen made history at Suzuka on Friday morning when he became the youngest driver to participate in a Formula One Grand Prix weekend, deputising for Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne in FP1.

Far from being overawed by the occasion, the 17-year-old said it took him just a handful of laps to start bedding in with the STR9