Suzuka: The Formula One establishment is nervously watching to see how Max Verstappen -- too young to drive a car on his home Dutch roads -- handles a 300 kilometres (185 miles) an hour beast on the legendary Suzuka track on Friday.


Max Verstappen 

Some worry that, at 17, the son of Formula One veteran Jos Verstappen, is taking a risk at a tender age. Others are concerned though about how big a star the precocious talent is going to become. The impact will start as soon as the young Verstappen climbs into a Toro Rosso car to be let loose at Suzuka for a historic session of free practice before Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix. Verstappen was only 16 when he passed his racing driver's super-licence last month.