His pass on Lewis Hamilton was a perfect combination of timing and late-braking but the move on Valtteri Bottas was something else. Bottas was skilful and professional in giving him room but, as he had said, Ricciardo knew exactly what he could do in the car. Verstappen spun in Melbourne, crashed in qualifying in Bahrain and then had to retire after an overambitious move on Hamilton. They delivered the softer rubber and there are early indications that it will lead to a greater variation in racing. In China they took the more interesting step of bringing the soft and ultrasoft tyres, dropping the supersoft, making the performance differential even greater.

Source: The Guardian April 16, 2018 16:41 UTC