F1: 5 drivers who need to up their game for the remainder of the season

#3 Max Verstappen

Verstappen couldn't do much at Monza in the end

Capricious and talented, one doesn't quite know which Max Verstappen would turn out on race day.

For starters, there was every bit of an opportunity to land himself up on the podium at Monza. But at the end, sticking with a rather needless show of 'daredevilry', a facet whose exhibition has also fetched Max some great results, such as the 2016 Interlagos drive, at Monza, Verstappen would get a racing penalty.

Not that it didn't compromise his own race. It snatched the third-place on the podium from his grab only to swap it with Bottas.

But Verstappen's needless contact with Valtteri as the duo approached the chicane in the final stages earned him the ire of the Merc fans and in the end, what was left was the sight of Max hitting out at the racing stewards.

Now, as the racing caravan heads to Singapore, where Max was sort of sandwiched by the two Ferraris, he'd be well-advised to drive well and understand that he may have got a reputation to save. Perhaps, being labelled 'Crashstappen' cannot give him the pleasure that making a bold and clean move on the tarmac or asphalt can.

He's still running in fifth on the standings and should focus on driving clean, error-free races.