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Daily Mirror
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Kieran King

Max Verstappen's friction with Red Bull team-mate landed F1 rivals "in the doghouse"

Max Verstappen returns to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday - five years since he and former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo took tensions to a new level.

Despite winning in Azerbaijan in 2022, Verstappen doesn't have fond memories of the 2018 race when he and Ricciardo went head-to-head - and crashed in spectacular fashion. The duo were running at fourth and fifth place at the time of the incident as they went wheel-to-wheel before colliding.

It felt as though the crash was coming, however. They previously banged wheels twice in a ferocious battle before coming together on lap 40 and going out of the race. Verstappen tried to overtake Ricciardo but the Aussie connected with his teammates' car as they both went out.

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