Max Verstappen has passed his driving test, six months after his F1 debut.

The youngster celebrated his 18th birthday by announcing the news on his website revealing that having successfully passed the theory test earlier in the yea, he had passed the road test after just five hours with his instructor.

"It's great to be eighteen and to have a driving license," he said. "That I'm finally allowed on the road on my own gives me more independence, which is great! I have to say it's a relief to pass the test.

"If I want to go somewhere on my own, at least now I'm able to jump in my Renault Clio RS and go," he added. "That sense of liberty feels great."

The youngster, who only made his single-seater debut last year, has taken F1 by storm, and is widely regarded as one of the brightest talents to enter the sport in recent years.

Fourteen races into his F1 career, Verstappen is 12th in the drivers' standings, narrowly missing out on a podium finish in Hungary.

Following his signing by Tor Rosso, aged 16, amidst fears that the recruitment of such a young driver might start a dangerous trend, the FIA introduced a new minimum age (18) along with a complicated superlicence qualification system.

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1. Posted by Ignatz, 02/10/2015 13:17

"Only for Stoplight Grand Prix or other forms of street racing. Bv)="

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2. Posted by jcr, 01/10/2015 12:30

"I always thought that you had to have a current driving licence
to qualify for a full competition licence"

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3. Posted by Paul C, 30/09/2015 20:47

"Check that one off the list. All Formula E needs is track brushes and power rails on the courses."

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4. Posted by TORC, 30/09/2015 19:57

"Really? We've devolved into cheering on a F1 driver for getting his street license... What's next? Championing real life size Scalextric cars on city street circuits? Not bloody likely, get real!
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