Jaime makes history at Toro Rosso as youngest F1 driver

Spanish teenager Jaime Alguersuari will become the youngest-ever Formula One driver after Toro Rosso announced on Monday that he would replace sacked Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais until the end of the season. The 19-year-old reigning British Formula Three champion will make his debut for the Italian outfit at the Hungarian Grand Prix on July 26. “I know I’m facing a difficult challenge,” admitted Alguersuari.

Team principal Franz Tost said he wouldn’t be expecting too much from the youngster initially. “I’m not expecting anything special from him for the first three races,” said Tost. “While Formula One will be very new to him,as a driver who has come up through the ranks of the Red Bull Junior Team young driver programme,he knows his new team-mates well,” Toro Rosso added in a statement.