Max Verstappen
Belgian GP (1st)
The champion delivered seven or eight drives that were right out of the top drawer. Even then, Spa stands clear – the man himself rates it as his best work. While Ferrari had wound down its engine, and the Red Bull RB18 had been on a crash diet over the summer, Max Verstappen was independently astonishing.
The hybrid-era host of tactical grid penalties duly arrived at this circuit, where overtaking to offset the pain is more plentiful. Despite smashing pole by 0.6s, Verstappen was relegated to 14th on the grid and all set for a day of damage
