Max Verstappen extracted the maximum from his machinery across the Australian GP weekend. With Red Bull a step behind McLaren in pace terms, second place was the best Verstappen could achieve this weekend. The only blemish was a slight off moment at Turn 11 in the first stint.

Although Max Verstappen enters this year as the defending Champion, the consensus is that he could struggle to claim a fifth world title. Red Bull’s development last season was poor by the Austrian team’s usual standards,