Max Verstappen only lasted half an hour in FP1, on the first day of free practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, before clattering into the wall and damaging his Red Bull and adding to a growing catalogue of incidents that are doing him no favours.
The young Dutchman, who has crashed or spun during all four race weekends thus far, explained his close encounter with a Baku wall, "It was a bit more windy but I don't know..."
"I lost the rear, spun, of course, hit the wall. It was a shame. It was a bit slippery at the start. I couldn't catch the car and I hit the wall. You just have to feel your way into the track because it was very dusty and slippery, as I found out."
The shunt cost Verstappen the final hour of FP1 and the first 20 minutes of FP2 as Red Bull mechanics repaired the damaged RB14.
Verstappen added, "Luckily it didn't affect us too much in the second practice, so I'm quite happy. This track is a lot about confidence, so if you really feel good in the car, you can get a bit of lap time as well.
"On short runs, I'm still fine-tuning a bit what I lost in first practice but in the long runs I think we were very competitive," revealed Verstappen.
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