Top 10 Moments of Max Verstappen Magic in F1

Here goes Max Verstappen on Felipe Nasr, round the outside of Blanchimont. Is there enough room to go round the outside? No, because he gets onto the kerb, but he's still hanging on in there is Max Verstappen. Under braking, he's got the inside line to the bus stop chicane. It's bold, it's brave, it's beautiful from Max Verstappen. And he makes the move up now into 11th place. They know no fear, do they? Absolutely. 200 mile an hour corner round the outside on the kerb. Keep your foot pinned, keep the throttle down. Don't think of lifting. Verstappen, qualified down in 19th, but moves up three places because of penalties to others. This is Max Verstappen from the start. He almost had no revs on there. It's like a video game, isn't it? To get out of the throttle while he momentarily couldn't see where he was going. Now he's got the front end grip to come up the inside of the McLaren. Is it me, or has he just put that car at exactly the right place? There's no bravado about it. It's just really sensible driving. Max Verstappen is making up a huge amount of places there as he goes past the McLaren of Fernando Alonso. And what a move. He's just got such a great feel and confidence on the brake pedal. Down the inside goes Verstappen on Bottas, who knew it was coming and has now gone to defensive mode. But look, there's no grip for him, Martin, to try and fight back. Verstappen's looking for his teammate, Daniel Ricciardo. Can Ricciardo afford one late lunge? Down the inside, he thought about it, and then he locked out Verstappen. Certainly coming off Ricciardo on the inside. He's gone off onto the wet kerb as well, Ricciardo. Verstappen comes round the final corner to claim his first ever podium here in Shanghai. He's held off his teammate, Verstappen third, Ricciardo fourth. Verstappen round the outside, Hamilton in third place. Verstappen and Vettel touch once again, but this time Vettel picks up a little bit of damage as his front wing there touches Verstappen, and there's more carbon fibre on the track. Verstappen made that lead. He got his elbows out, got a little bit lucky with some contact, didn't get a puncture, but a sheer aggression that's paid off. Verstappen's leading 11 seconds now. He's taking nine tenths a lap out of his rival, Valtteri Bottas, in second place. Max Verstappen wins the Mexican Grand Prix. What a good race. The crowd was amazing. Couldn't you go any slower? Yeah, I'm so sorry mate, I was cruising. Max Verstappen is up into 12th place. Yeah, Verstappen quite carefully making his way through. There goes Max Verstappen on Esteban Ocon from 16th on the grid. He is up into 6th place, 10 places he's made up. And 21 seconds off the lead. Max Verstappen is going to be fascinating to watch now for the rest of the Grand Prix. And here goes Max Verstappen down the inside on Valtteri Bottas, who locks up once again. Bottas leaves the track once again, not for the first time this afternoon, but does manage, by doing so, to stay ahead of Verstappen. Now runs wide, now Verstappen can slide it down the inside, and Verstappen up into 4th place. Oh, that was a good one! And it's lights out, away we go. It's Sebastian Vettel, did get a better start, but it's a short run down to the line, and Verstappen covers him off. Two-second stop for Max Verstappen, who then has to stop as the Williams of Kavica comes out of his pit box. Lewis tries to cover him off, Verstappen through at Turn 1. And he has made amends for getting held up in the pit lane. Box, box, opposite Verstappen. Verstappen coming in, Ted. So he stays out, but Verstappen's going to put a set of soft tyres on. As Max Verstappen, over the hill, comes wheel-to-wheel with Lewis Hamilton. Round the outside of Turn 1 he goes. Verstappen's got the restart sorted. The chequered flag is out. The Brazilian Grand Prix goes to Max Verstappen, a year after he finished 2nd and had it taken away in his redemption day. That's the race win. That is the race win. He absolutely bossed it. Magic today. Absolutely bossed it. Fantastic. We did it as a team, guys. Somebody won the race. Oh, I loved it. Verstappen still on provisional pole. Can he extend his advantage? Yes, he can. Sebastian Vettel can't make it. Onto pole position. Better late than never, mate. Better late than never. Congratulations. Yes, boys. Come on. Yes. Oh, this feels good. This feels really good. Incredible, man. Incredible. The car felt good all weekend. And then, of course, you know it's always going to be hard in qualifying. But, yeah, we managed to do it. And, yeah, of course, a big thank you to the team. The car was flying out there in qualifying. It was incredible. And there goes Max Verstappen. Diving down the inside. Has to switch now to go round the outside. The wheel-to-wheel again, unlike in Austria. This time Verstappen has to come off second best. And he's conceded a bit of ground here. Can Sebastian Vettel's ride on his tail? Vettel goes down the inside of Brumlin somehow. Verstappen fends off the Ferrari. Verstappen tries to fight back and then sees Charles Leclerc swoop past it. Now he pulls out to go alongside the Ferrari. It's wheel-to-wheel down into Brumlin. Leclerc is back out in front of Verstappen. He's almost pushed onto the grass. Somehow Leclerc stayed ahead. This is getting serious. Verstappen wide again. He's now going to have to defend against Leclerc. He's been doing all the attacking on Leclerc. Now he's defending. They do touch wheels as Charles Leclerc barges his way through. And Max Verstappen hangs out round the outside to try and regain the place, which he does. The confidence that Max Verstappen has in these conditions. Expect to see more of that. Now see Max Verstappen overtaking Nico Rosberg. What confidence. The boy just goes and finds grip. Boom. P2. Verstappen. Oh, Max Verstappen. Can he keep it out of the barriers? Just. How has he managed to keep that away from the armco? Verstappen on the inside. Sebastian Vettel had to concede the place because the Dutchman certainly wasn't moving. Here comes Max Verstappen. Is he nearly? Almost. Come on, hang in there. He's going to brave it out. Come on, lad. You can do it. He's done it. There you go. The crowd are cheering like crazy underneath us. What a thrilling drive that was from Max Verstappen today. It's lights out. Away we go. Verstappen gets an awful start. He's already been bypassed by the two Mercedes-Norris and Raikkonen as well. Now he's got a very good chance indeed. There's one car length in it as Verstappen goes round the outside again. And this time before the corner arrives, Max Verstappen is up into the podium positions. Here he comes. Here he comes. Down towards Turn 3. Is Verstappen going to go down the inside? Yes, he is. Under braking. Max Verstappen manages to clear Valtteri Bottas. DRS wide open, gaining on the Ferrari. Switches early Verstappen. Late braking. Leclerc this time might just have to give way as he goes off the track. And when he comes back on, Max Verstappen has just sent Holland into raptures. Six victories in Formula 1 for Max Verstappen. And this, number six, was very much the best. It's two in two. Two in two. Absolute class of the field. Awesome. Yes! Go on! Yes! Oh, would have turned out after that one. Great job, boys. Well, to be honest, I'm very happy with the chance they've given me. And from now on it's just, you know, getting used to a new car. It will come race by race and I'm definitely going to enjoy it. And Appleton's got a massive crash! And he's crashed into his teammate! The two Mercedes come together! Extraordinary drive from this teenager. Can Verstappen not make a mistake as his tyres get very old? Indeed. At 18 years and 227 days old. I mean, today just everything went well. I mean, I could hold on to the tyres and I think we did the best strategy possible. And yeah, unbelievable. I can't believe it.