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Verstappen causes surprise: 'Red Bull never expected that'.

Max Verstappen performed a special feat during the Russian Grand Prix. The Dutchman started the race from last place, but managed to finish in second position. According to Jolyon Palmer Verstappen was lucky with that. Palmer saw that Red Bull Racing were hardly confident of a good result at the start of the weekend. However, the conditions during the race and the engine change that Mercedes applied to Valtteri Bottas gave Verstappen opportunities. "Verstappen got more points than if he had not applied an engine change and it was a dry race," the former Renault driver commented to the Chequered Flag podcast from the BBC. Read more Upcoming races in favour of Verstappen or...
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