After a thought to himself of “I’m f***ed” as he got all out of shape on the Spanish GP restart, Max Verstappen then “lost his mind” in the clash with George Russell, believes Guenther Steiner.

It looked like Verstappen was on his way to a P3 finish in Barcelona despite a valiant effort with the three-stop strategy versus McLaren, but a late Safety Car instigated by an engine failure for Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli was the trigger for Verstappen’s race to unravel.

Max Verstappen: Spanish GP drama a ‘lost his mind’ meltdown?

With all the frontrunners diving into the pits – Verstappen included – he was left on hard tyres versus softs for the cars around him.

Verstappen did well not to bin the Red Bull upon the restart, getting sideways going onto the main straight as Charles Leclerc pulle

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