Of course. There's currently a driver who tools around in a SM, and used to tool around in a CF until it became obvious to all concerned (including a BUNCH of Stewards) that he needed a different car/class/hobby. Trouble is it cost 3 racers their cars before the Stewards had the sack to do the right thing.
But please don't try to convince me that the 85th percentile 14-16 YO's have the emotional maturity or emotional development of the 85th percentile of "adults" because it won't fly.
Yes there are exceptions on both sides of the curve. How many of them from the ends of the curve will we see vs. the fat center?