Toro Rosso's recent appointment of 16 year-old Max Verstappen for 2015 was the latest affirmation of a growing trend in Formula One: Grand Prix drivers are getting younger, with Verstappen's headline youthfulness the most obvious illustration of the ever-decreasing average age of the grid. However, at the same time as Verstappen's signature was announced, Caterham bucked the trend by promoting 32 year-old André Lotterer to a race seat for the Belgian Grand Prix. Lotterer, an established sportscar racer, went straight in as the fifth-oldest man in the field for his F1 debut – which unfortunately lasted only one lap before a gearbox failure. With the second Caterham seat potentially being...
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