Is Verstappen too young?

Hi Greg, not to worry, the admins have rid us of the wums

I think he is too inexperienced not too young. You may be a supreme talent but it is miles behind the wheel that will give you experience.

The problem they have is they have 2 inexperienced drivers and they will really struggle this year

Table 1: current F1 drivers and how many superlicence points they would have had at the time of their debut

Eligible for superlicence:

Nico Hulkenberg 110
Lewis Hamilton 98
Pastor Maldonado 68
Nico Rosberg 63
Romain Grosjean 60
Felipe Nasr 52
Valtteri Bottas 50
Sebastian Vettel 48
Sergio Perez 42
Daniil Kvyat 42

Not eligible for superlicence:

Daniel Ricciardo 38
Carlos Sainz Jr 38
Felipe Massa 30
Fernando Alonso 30
Max Verstappen 20
Jenson Button 15
Marcus Ericsson 14
Kimi Raikkonen 5

Table 2: How the scores would look if the rules were introduced for 2015

Eligible for superlicence:

Andre Lotterer 132
Marcel Fassler 100
Benoit Treluyer 100
Tom Kristensen 80
Will Power 80
Scott Dixon 80
Raffaele Marciello 74
Loic Duval 70
Allan McNish 70
Helio Castroneves 70
Stoffel Vandoorne 65
Anthony Davidson 60
Sebastien Buemi 60
Jolyon Palmer 56
Fabio Leimer 56
Sam Bird 55
Felix Rosenqvist 53
Felipe Nasr 52
Alex Lynn 52
Mitch Evans 50
Davide Valsecchi 50
Kazuki Nakajima 50
Ryan Hunter-Reay 50
Esteban Ocon 41
James Calado 40
Luiz Razia 40
Daniel Juncadella 40
Antonio Felix da Costa 40

Not eligible for superlicence: (selected drivers only)

Tom Blomqvist 39
Carlos Sainz Jr 38
Alexander Wurz 38
Nicolas Lapierre 36
Simon Pagenaud 36
Neel Jani 30
Robin Frijns 30
Stephane Sarrazin 28
Lucas Auer 27
Romain Dumas 26
Marvin Kirchhofer 25
Pierre Gasly 25
Joao Paulo de Oliveira 25
Jordan King 23
Max Verstappen 20
Marc Lieb 20
Dean Stoneman 20
Jimmy Eriksson 20
Facu Regalia 20
Conor Daly 20
Daniel Abt 20
Naoki Yamamoto 20
Nicolas Prost 17
Lucas di Grassi 12
Juan Pablo Montoya 10
Marco Andretti 10
Eddie Cheever 7
Tony Kanaan 6
Justin Wilson 6
Dario Franchitti 5
Nick Heidfeld 4
Alexander Rossi 3
Brendon Hartley 2
Marc Gene 2
Oliver Jarvis 2
David Brabham 1
Karun Chandhok 1
Sebastien Bourdais 1
Graham Rahal 1

Torro Rosso will really struggle this year