Max Verstappen's list of glaring mistakes and mishaps keeps growing, his own team urging their young superstar to be more patient and tone it down and focus on completing race weekends without incident.
The Dutchman's escapades during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend are well documented, in a nutshell, an unnecessary mistake led to a shunt in the dying minutes of FP3 which severely compromised a race he could have won. Instead, he started to form the back of the grid and spent the day toiling his way to ninth.
In the sister car, Daniel Ricciardo was faster than everyone including Verstappen in all three practice sessions and qualifying at the principality, before winning the grand prix in style.
Helmut Marko, the man who stunned the Formula 1 world when he demoted Daniil Kvyat and promoted teenager (at the time) Verstappen from the Toro Rosso team, has also weighed in with some much-needed advice for the wayward Dutchman.
Marko, a mentor and always staunch defender of Verstappen, said after the youngster's Monte-Carlo antics, "He has to learn not always to drive flat out. They are all different incidents but this one for sure is a very unnecessary one."
"I think he is not patient enough. He wants always to who he is the fastest but the result is only when you cross the line. He needs to be more patient, judge the situations better."
Asked by BBC if this was now becoming an issue for the team and their driver, Marko replied, "Issue is maybe not the right word. It is always a different situation but they are all because he is impatient."
Verstappen's list of incidents during the first six grand prix weekends:
- Australia: Too aggressive at the season opener where he ran wide and damaged his car then followed that up with a spin on his way to sixth;
- Bahrain: Crash in qualifying and too aggressive in the race which ended on lap three after a collision with Hamilton;
- China: A missed chance to win when he miscalculated a move on Hamilton and then clattered into Vettel;
- Azerbaijan: Crashed in practice and in the race collided with his teammate Ricciardo, with both taking the blame;
- Spain: Damaged his front wing lapping Stroll under safety car conditions;
- Monaco: With the best car on the grid for the street venue he pranged heavily in FP3 while fastest of all in the session, started the race from the back to finish ninth.
Big Question: Will Max ever learn?
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