> this makes as much sense as asking Hamilton or Vittel to do a driving test before giving them a job as a driver
As it said, it makes no sense at all. F1 is not Google, "Provided a driver has previously held a super licence they do not have to meet these requirements, a driver who has held a valid super licence for any of the previous three seasons is eligible for a new licence, "
That said, I would not be surprised this would happen at Google as they truly believe their process is vastly superior, as they believe themselves.
Pretty sure they would ask Linus to to a C programming test as well, and score him badly because he can't remember the exact details of some algorithm he has not used since he wrote the first lines of Linux.