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Sportshour: Young, Gifted, On Track

Young, Gifted, On Track

14/03/2015

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Young, Gifted, On Track

Max Verstappen, on becoming F1's youngest ever driver at 17 years old

Max Verstappen, on becoming F1's youngest ever driver at 17 years old at the Australian Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen is just 17 years old, and will become the youngest driver in the history of Formula 1 when he gets behind the wheel of a Torro Rosso car at the Australian Grand Prix this weekend, but whilst the achievement is rare, the name might be familiar. Max is the son of former F1 racer Jos Verstappen. The BBC's Anna Holligan has been to meet both of them.

Ukraine Revisited
Last year we spoke to the Player’s Union of Ukrainian football after their offices were burnt down amid fighting. One year on we return to their new premises. We also focus on Shakhtar Donetsk, who despite Champions League defeat this week, are considered a unifying force for the nation. Forced from the east of the country to a new temporary home in western Ukraine, the club’s push for success has gained support from people all over the country. 

The Bhutan Clan
Officially ranked as the world’s worst football team by Fifa, Bhutan defied the odds by picking up their first win in seven years by beating Sri Lanka in the first leg of their qualifying match on the Road to Russia 2018. We hear about football in the mountains with Lama Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, the writer and producer of the 1999 film The Cup.

Kosovo Competing 
Kosovo’s leading judoka Majlinda Kelmendi, won gold at the 2013 World Championships in Rio, but had to compete as part of the Albanian team. When she returns to Rio for the Olympics next year she will represent Kosovo after the IOC recognised their right to compete under their own flag. For Kelmendi, hearing her own national anthem on the podium would be a dream come true.

OAP: Old Age Pace
A new 200m World Record at 95 years old for Charles Eugster this week, but he is not the only senior citizen pushing boundaries in his twilight years. We hear from Olga Kotelko who holds the women’s record as we take a look at the way we age and the extent to which we can shape the process.

Sporting Witness
In March 1975, the British motorcyclist, Barry Sheene, survived one of the most dramatic crashes in the history of the sport. Sheene was travelling at 175 miles per hour when his rear tyre split and flung him across the track at Daytona, shattering his femur, vertebrae, ribs, wrists and forearm. The accident - and his playboy image - made Sheene an iconic figure in motorsport.

Photo: Max Verstappen of Toro Rosso prepares in the garage during ahead of the F1 season. Credit: Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

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