新奇事件簿 16歲一級(jí)方程式賽車(chē)手

In most countries around the world, 16-year-olds have to wait for another two years to be able to drive a car. Not so for 16-year-old Max Verstappen. He has just been signed up to drive for a Formula 1 racing team. He will become the youngest ever F1 driver when he races for the Toro Rosso team next year. He will be 17 when he takes part in his first Grand Prix, alongside drivers like Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. The current record for the youngest F1 driver is 19 years and 125 days. Verstappen will make his debut at the Australian Grand Prix. He told reporters: "Ever since I was seven years old, Formula 1 has been my career goal, so this opportunity is truly a dream come true."

在世界上的大部分國(guó)家，16歲的少年想要開(kāi)車(chē)，還需要再等兩年。然而16歲的Max Verstappen卻是個(gè)例外。他剛剛與一個(gè)一級(jí)方程式賽車(chē)隊(duì)簽約。明年他將代表紅牛二車(chē)隊(duì)參加比賽，那時(shí)他將成為有史以來(lái)最年輕的一級(jí)方程式賽車(chē)選手。他在17歲的時(shí)候?qū)?huì)首次參加國(guó)際汽車(chē)大獎(jiǎng)賽，那時(shí)他將與費(fèi)爾南多?阿隆索，劉易斯?漢密爾頓和賽巴斯蒂安?維泰爾一起比賽。目前最年輕的一級(jí)方程式賽車(chē)選手年齡記錄為19歲125天。Verstappen的首秀將在澳大利亞國(guó)際汽車(chē)大獎(jiǎng)賽上演。他告訴記者，當(dāng)他只有7歲的時(shí)候，一級(jí)方程式賽車(chē)就是他的職業(yè)夢(mèng)想，所以這次確實(shí)是使他夢(mèng)想成真的好機(jī)會(huì)。

The Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost was very enthusiastic about Max signing for his team. He said: "We are happy to welcome Max into the Toro Rosso family. We consider Max to be one of the most skilled young drivers of the new generation and we believe he has the necessary maturity and mental strength to take on this challenge successfully." He added: "It will now be up to us to provide Max with a competitive car, which will enable him to have the best possible start to his Formula 1 career." Max is the son of the former-F1 driver Jos Verstappen. He said he owed a lot of his success to his father, saying: "First of all a big thanks to my father, who has always been by my side, day and night, year after year."

紅牛二車(chē)隊(duì)的老板，F(xiàn)ranz Tost對(duì)于馬克斯的加入，感到非常興奮。他說(shuō)，我們非常歡迎馬克斯加入紅牛二隊(duì)的大家庭。我們認(rèn)為馬克斯一定會(huì)成為新一代選手中技術(shù)最好的賽車(chē)手，我們相信馬克斯足夠的成熟度和腦力一定能夠戰(zhàn)勝挑戰(zhàn)。他補(bǔ)充說(shuō)道，現(xiàn)在是時(shí)候給馬克斯配備富有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的賽車(chē)了，這將會(huì)幫助他在一級(jí)方程式賽車(chē)職業(yè)生涯中擁有最好的開(kāi)端。馬克斯的父親Jos Verstappen也是一級(jí)方程式賽車(chē)選手。馬克斯將自己的許多成就都?xì)w功于自己的父親。馬克斯說(shuō)，首先，我非常感謝我的父親，他總是日復(fù)一日，年復(fù)一年地陪在我的身邊。