Max Verstappen's bumper-car antics during the Chinese Grand Prix has been forgiven by Red Bull chief Christian Horner who recalls that at a similar point in his career, their former driver, Sebastian Vettel was also involved in ‘the wars' and he too attracting the wrath of his peers and paddock critics. Much has been written about Verstappen's shenanigans on an afternoon in which, if he had kept calm and cool, he could have won the race but instead victory went to his teammate Daniel Ricciardo who showed his young teammate how it should be done. But Horner is not perturbed by his young Dutch charge, 'I’m fully confident that he’s a phenomenal talent and he’s smart enough...
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