Spanish GP (Circuit of the Americas) – May 15, 2016

He didn't even make it into the points, for goodness' sake.

Max Verstappen was absolutely sensational today. As for Ricciardo, he first fell victim to a botched strategy and now his tires have completely given up on him. He’s going to lose his mind.
Ferrari really blew it.

Everything should be smooth sailing from here on out.🙂

Bravo Max Verstappen

Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo took one approach, while Max Verstappen and Kimi Räikkönen went a completely different way. Based on the driver selection, it’s clear the pit wall believed the first strategy would be the faster one, but looking at how things unfolded, it seems everything actually played right into the hands of Max Verstappen and Kimi Räikkönen.

We just witnessed history being made today.

Helmut Marko, take a bow!

There isn't even a virtual Safety Car

Michael Diaz4 said:Aerodynamics really gave Max the edge he needed here.

Do yourself a favor and log off.

Drew Bennett68 said:I honestly can't wrap my head around why they would do this to Ricciardo.

Young Max is the future. Besides, he was faster than Ricciardo. Plus, a debut win following a sudden mistake? Sounds good. And Red Bull loves that kind of narrative. It’s similar to how they handled Sebastian Vettel’s first title, backing him over Mark Webber even though Webber had more points and theoretically better odds.

Everyone is basically bowing down to Max at this point.

Max Verstappen is just cruising through this like it’s nothing 🙏

jadeseal7 said:I'm personally looking forward to seeing that Hamilton-Rosberg rivalry reignite

Breaking through the Ferkan fight

The battle between Ricciardo-Vettel-Alonso

And Alonso fighting hard for those points

Honestly, anything could happen.

We might even see some fireworks in the very first lap.👍

Max Verstappen 🙏🙏🙏

Drew Bennett68 said:I honestly can't wrap my head around why they would do this to Ricciardo.

What exactly did they do to him?

The fact that he’s currently pulling a 1.2-second lead per lap over Sebastian Vettel!?

Edward Howard2 said:Max Verstappen is just cruising through this like it’s nothing 🙏

☕

ruggedhawk20 said:Doubt it. Don't forget Ricciardo’s sitting on those fresh tires

those tires look pretty beefy to me🙂

Edward Howard2 said:Max Verstappen is just cruising through this like it’s nothing 🙏

Doubt it. Don't forget Ricciardo’s sitting on those fresh tires

steelmaker83 said:Do yourself a favor and log off.

Pure genius. Making that last move right in the middle of a dirty corner with zero visibility.

Verstapppen using his years of experience nicely 🤣

Well, Daniel Ricciardo definitely finished in fourth place, if you're keeping score

Don't kid yourselves—neither Max Verstappen's nor Kimi Räikkönen's tires are gonna make it to the end.