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Verstappen has seat fitting for Red Bull car

Max Verstappen is shaping up as a reserve driver for Red Bull's premier F1 team. The Dutch 17-year-old, whose grand prix debut this year is controversial due to his age and inexperience, will line up on the Melbourne grid for the first time next month with Toro Rosso. That is Red Bull's second team, which has defended Verstappen's debut on the basis that Toro Rosso exists to bring young stars into formula one. But it now emerges that, while in Barcelona this week for the final pre-season test, Verstappen will stop into the Red Bull Racing garage to have a carbon seat fitted. A spokesman for Toro Rosso emphasised, however, that it is a normal procedure for the Faenza-based team's drivers....
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