8. 2018 ANALYSIS: Why Red Bull chose Lawson instead of Tsunoda as Perez’s replacement “He needs to be more patient, judge the situations better,” said Helmut Marko following that Monaco incident, while Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner added: “He needs to learn from it and stop making these errors.” But despite these flashpoints, Verstappen […]
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8. 2018
ANALYSIS: Why Red Bull chose Lawson instead of Tsunoda as Perez’s replacement
“He needs to be more patient, judge the situations better,” said Helmut Marko following that Monaco incident, while Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner added: “He needs to learn from it and stop making these errors.”
But despite these flashpoints, Verstappen would steadily improve and climb up the standings – winning in Mexico and Red Bull’s home race in Austria along the way – and he also finished on the podium in each of the final five races.
Verstappen’s second full season with Red Bull had some high-profile flashpoints. To name just a few, the Dutchman ran wide and damaged his car in the first race of the year, he crashed in Bahrain qualifying before retiring from the race after colliding with Lewis Hamilton, and – in Monaco – he crashed in practice with Red Bull unable to repair the car for qualifying.
Races – 21, Wins – 2, Podiums – 11, Points – 249
Fourth in the Drivers’ Standings
His P4 in the standings was the first time he’d beaten team mate Daniel Ricciardo, with just champion Hamilton and the Ferrari duo of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen ahead.
