F1: 5 talking points from the 2018 Russian Grand Prix

#2 Impressive run by the Red Bulls

F1 Grand Prix of Russia

Right at the start of the 2018 Russian Grand Prix both the Red Bulls, it did seem, weren't in it to finish inside points, let alone fight for promising finishes.

And maybe, given that both drivers collected dogged finishes, Max finishing ahead of Daniel at fifth, there's a reason why the duo is called the wild-pack of the lot. Rather, it also makes sense in calling the Red Bulls the jokers of the pack.

In driving a sensational Russian Grand Prix, Verstappen put his car on fifth and within the opening two laps, made up as many as nine places. For Verstappen, who turned 21 on September 30, 2018, the Sochi effort was equivalent of a magnum opus drive, as he collected 13 places while his teammate also fought valiantly through the field and finished on a respectable sixth.