Oops! F1's 16-Year-Old Whiz Kid Crashes First F1 Car Doing Donuts

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There's been a bit of a fight over 16-year-old Dutch wunderkind Max Verstappen, who will be Formula One's youngest driver at 17 next year. Everyone wants a piece of the super talented young driver... although maybe the losers will feel better after seeing this video of him crashing his first F1 car.

According to Autostrada.tv, the Dutch driver was behind the wheel of the Toro Rosso demonstration car — perhaps his first time in a modern-ish F1 car (UPDATE: Apparently he had a run a few days ago in preparation for this)— at an event in Rotterdam.

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While the youngster pulls off some sweet, billowy donuts, he gets the car stuck once and then puts it right into the wall. The car was repaired and was able to finish the event.

Hey, the kid is enthusiastic, can you blame him?