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How soon is too soon for a seat in F1?

Just a few months ago, the F1 paddock was conflicted over whether it was too soon for 19-year-old Russian driver Sergey Sirotkin to move directly from the Formula Renault 3.5 Series straight into a full-time F1 seat at Sauber. But this week's news that Toro Rosso has opted for Daniil Kvyat to replace Daniel Ricciardo at the end of the year when the Australian moves to Red Bull to take over from the retiring Mark Webber means that question has been doubled, or possibly squared. Kvyat's elevation is the first time that a GP3 drivers had made the leap straight into an F1 car. Valtteri Bottas came closest before that, taking up a position as Williams F1 test driver last year after winning the...
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