Red Bull: Top 5 moments of Max Verstappen in F1 2018

Max Verstappen has a rather interesting and controversial Brazilian Grand Prix of 2018.

Starting from Fifth, his Red Bull tucked in behind Raikkonen’s Ferrari, Max would immediately go on the offensive. He would pass both the Ferrari’s including that of Sebastian Vettel, attacking from the opening lap itself whilst seizing the initiative in the second lap.

Both the red cars under pressure, Max was easily the fastest man on the grid. By Lap 3, he was already threatening the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas in the battle for second.

Later in the race, Verstappen, who was the race leader, ahead of Lewis Hamilton would find to his utter dismay, the Racing Point Force India of Esteban Ocon make contact with his Red Bull.

While on the one hand it is fully legal for a backmarker to outlap himself, nowhere does it make sense for the driver at the back of the grid to attempt an insane move risking the fortune of the race leader.

But in so doing, Ocon came to blows with Verstappen’s car, which meant that Max would spin out, lose some bodywork on his Red Bull and find Lewis Hamilton reclaim the lead of the Brazilian Grand Prix, a position which Hamilton wouldn’t concede.

In the end, Max, who still drove well enough to gather a Second didn’t exactly cut a happy figure on the podium, his chance of gaining a second win, at the back of his Mexico triumph ruined by Ocon’s fault.

Unhappy with the outcome, Max would then be involved in a physical tangle with the Frenchman, who had already endured a 10-second stop and go penalty in the race.

In the end, it didn’t make for a pleasant sight to find Verstappen fighting with Ocon in the garage. Was this vent of anger justified? Do racing incidents not happen all the time. Should top rate professionals allow themselves to be consumed by such temper?