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Verstappen delights in maiden Formula 1 triumph

Red Bull/Getty Images Max Verstappen hailed an "amazing" day as he secured his maiden Formula 1 victory in his first race for Red Bull. Verstappen moved up to second place at the start following the collision between Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, and went on to take the lead courtesy of a two-stop strategy, with team-mate Daniel Ricciardo on a three-stop approach which proved to be slower. Verstappen kept Kimi Raikkonen at bay across the final 20 laps to hold on and claim his first victory in the sport at the age of 18. "It is a very big surprise, of course I didn’t expect," he said. "The first stint on Soft tyres I could keep up quite well after...
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