Nico Rosberg gives up hope for Max Verstappen

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08:57, 29 May 2018

Former Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg has given up hope for Dutchman Max Verstappen after his crash in Monaco. The incident, his 5th of 2018, came in FP3 and damaged his hopes of qualifying on pole for Sunday’s race.

Daniel Ricciardo, his team-mate, topped every timesheet over the weekend proving Red Bull had given Verstappen a great car. But he didn’t learn from his mistakes in 2016 as he produced a replica crash at the swimming pool chicane.

The 2016 World Champion had some hard-hitting comments for the 20-year-old Red Bull driver.

“He was faster than Daniel Ricciardo, and then he crashed at the dumbest moment,” said Rosberg when talking to RTL.

“He had an almost identical crash in 2016, I wonder if Max is too confident - risking too much. If you’re doing that, there is no track that bites you in the ass more than Monaco.

“He hasn’t seemed to learn at all. You can’t really say it’s inexperience. It’s a very dark moment for Max. At the moment everything is going wrong for him, but I don’t have much hope for him anymore.”

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Nico Rosberg gives up hope for Max Verstappen

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