The Monaco Grand Prix turned out to be a drama for Max Verstappen. The Dutchman stopped at the start, after which he immediately drove his Red Bull in after the first lap.
There was hope in advance for Verstappen, who started from P2 on the first grid. Behind Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli. After third place in Canada, a second podium finish this year was close. After all, overtaking in Monaco is difficult, so the ‘only’ thing he had to do was defend his second place.
He would have signed for that P2, Verstappen said on Saturday, but instead it ended up being zero points in Monaco. After the lights went out, Verstappen fell completely silent, after which he fell back to place 22.
“What should I do?”, the Dutchman wondered. The answer was clear: back to the garage. End of exercise. “Nice then, what the fuckman,” Verstappen grumbled.