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F1 summer break? Time to get the learner plates on

While Formula One rivals head to the sea or mountains at the start of the August break, Max Verstappen has some driving lessons on the horizon. The Dutch 17-year-old, fourth for Toro Rosso in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix, will have to wait for his 18th birthday in September before he can pass his test but he can at least get the tuition in. "I'm doing my lessons in the summer break," the youngest ever grand prix driver said as the season reached the halfway point in Hungary. "With the F1 schedule it has been difficult to fit everything in so I've had to wait for the break. "You need a minimum six or seven hours driving under the laws in Belgium, where I live, and I...
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