F1: 5 BEST MOMENTS OF MAX VERSTAPPEN IN GRAND PRIX RACING

2018 Monaco Grand Prix

Having been rebuked for Saturday's crash, Max delivered a solid drive on Sunday

While the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix will always be remembered for Daniel Ricciardo’s showing a master-class in defensive driving, an important constituent of the Grand Prix at the Principality of Monte Carlo, however, was the force in the other Red Bull driver: Max Verstappen.

Although Verstappen didn’t enjoy a fantastic qualifying on Saturday, somehow managing to crash in the opening practice session into the barriers at the very same spot where he’d collided in previous runs, he would make amends during the race.

But, it didn’t inspire much confidence to note that Verstappen would begin the 78-lap Grand Prix beginning as a backmarker, beginning from the pits, right from the behind.

However, right at the start of the race, Verstappen would jump a couple of places, passing both the Haas drivers- Grosjean and Magnussen- with furious speed inside the opening lap.

A brilliant moment would come a few laps later, when Verstappen would dive into the outside of a struggling Lance Stroll in his Williams, within inches from the entry of the legendary tunnel to move up into 15 by Lap 7.

From there on, the battles further down the grid would be a complete Max Verstappen show. Engaged in a feisty contest with the likes of Hulkenberg and Sainz, the Red Bull driver, who’d begun from P18, would bounce back inside the top ten.

At a track where overtaking is next to impossible, Verstappen would demonstrate great skill, moving up nine places to put his Red Bull on P9 by the checkered flag to annihilate the dubious tag his critics had painted him in: “Crashstappen.”