Max Verstappen is just 17 years old and doesn't have a normal road car licence
FIA has devised a points system as part of its clampdown on the ease of achieving an F1 super licence
From 2016, F1 drivers will need to be at least 18, hold a valid road driving licence, and have a minimum level of experience and success in minor formula championships.
Only the champion in Euro F3, LPM1 in WEC and IndyCar would obtain the 40 points necessary to qualify for a 2016 super licence, it has emerged.
Verstappen finished a highly-credible third in last year's FIA European F3 championship, that would have earned him only 20 points under the new super licence system devised by the FIA for 2016.
Verstappen legitimately holds a F1 licence despite not qualifying to drive even a normal road car.
Future GP3 champions, on the other hand, will score only 30 of the 40 points, as will title winners in Formula Renault 3.5, like Verstappen's 2015 Toro Rosso teammate Carlos Sainz jr.
GP2 champions and his title runner-up, however, will score 50 and 40 points respectively, while the highest number of points attainable from 2016, 60 will be in the FIA's relaunched Formula 2 series.
Interestingly, the top three finishers in F2 will all qualify for a 2016 super licence, even though any applicant will need to have spent at least two years in the categories leading into F1.
