Red Bull F1 chief Christian Horner is confident that Max Verstappen will overcome a spate of bad form that has resulted in crashes or spins during all four of the grand prix weekends thus far.
The Dutchman crashed out of FP1 on the first day of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend, missing ut on over an hour of track time while his crew repaired his RB14.
Speaking to reporters in Baku, Horner acknowledged, "I think it is a difficult patch for him, but I am convinced he'll come through it, having seen it with other drivers. He just needs to have a solid qualifying and race here."
"He has got all the talent that we know about and I think a result under his belt will settle him and then he'll be up and away."
"He's learning with experience that you haven't got to be a hero on every lap and on every overtake. His teammate [Daniel Ricciardo] demonstrated that perfectly in China with how he executed that last part of the race; Max had done the hard work in the early part of the race."
"He's a smart guy. That will have been very sore, that result, and I'm sure he's learned a lot from it," added Horner whose team have the luxury of a calmer and cooler Daniel Ricciardo in the sister car delivering without fuss.
The Australian won Chinese Grand Prix and topped the timing screens at the end of the first day in Baku. He won the city street race last year.
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