Martin Brundle hails Max Verstappen's genius save in Miami Grand Prix

Of course Liberty Media shill Juan Pablo Montoya would disagree with Brundle calling Verstappen's save luck, but maybe that is what happens when you become a sellout.

It is really painful what racing fathers have to go through these days for their sons, especially when those sons are not really cutting it in the junior categories...

Back to Brundle and Verstappen, the latter spun while fighting with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc for position on Lap 1 and went on the radio immediately apologizing instead of pulling an excuse out of the F1 drivers' excuses handbook, which was commendable.

But then came that save, which is honestly not the first time we have seen the Dutchman pull it off.

In his Sky Sports F1 column following the Miami Grand Prix, Brundle reflected on the incident. He wrote: "On a bone-dry track Charles Leclerc's fast-starting Ferrari, from third on the grid, would be side-by-side with Max Verstappen as they exited Turn 1, even though pole-sitter Antonelli had a reasonable start this time.

"Pinched to the Turn 2 apex by Leclerc, Verstappen was too eager on the throttle and looped around, an unusual mistake for him for which he would hurriedly apologize to the team on the radio.

"Before that, we saw some of his genius in the recovery," Brundle added and then explained: "In front of the whole pack except Leclerc, he deftly used the throttle, brakes, and steering wheel to execute a full 360-degree turn, pointing nicely down the racetrack and somehow maintaining some forward speed.

"I can't tell you how hard that is in these plus-sized F1 cars full of fuel in the heat of battle. This dramatically minimized the chances of being run into and kept him in ninth place at the end of the lap," the Briton concluded.