Max Verstappen was moved to tears after an error-strewn start to the 2018 season saw him crash innocuously in a practice session at the Monaco Grand Prix, effectively ending any hopes of winning a race that Daniel Ricciardo went on to triumph in, despite engine problems. Verstappen either made contact with another driver or the barriers in each of the opening six races last year, dropping points as a result almost every time. Collisions with Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain and teammate Ricciardo in Baku were rash, while errors in the Chinese Grand Prix including spinning out Sebastian Vettel likely prevented him from winning in Shanghai – the other scene of Ricciardo success in 2018. A trip...
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