In pre-season, as talk of Daniel Ricciardo's contract status began to swirl across the Circuit de Catalunya paddock, we were in no doubt that Max Verstappen was the future of Red Bull. Now that we're back in Barcelona, can we still say the same? It's lights out for Friday morning! Shortly before the season-opening race in Melbourne, Verstappen claimed that he was Dr Helmut Marko's "new project" and that the kind of title-tasting glory that Sebastian Vettel had enjoyed with the team was his target. Since then, Verstappen has made errors at all four grands prix in 2018, culminating in the all-Bull crash with Ricciardo in Baku last time out. The pair have avoided the threat of team...
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