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Marko: "The chapter is closed"

14:10, 10 May 2018

bySam Bytheway

Red Bull racing consultant Dr Helmut Marko believes Max Verstappen is under added pressure heading into the Spanish GP after his collision with Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo in Baku.

Verstappen has finished 5th and 6th in the two races he has finished so far this season, leaving him 52 points behind championship leader Lewis Hamilton.

Marko is keen to move on as Red Bull prepare for the Spanish Grand Prix - scene of Verstappen's record-breaking maiden F1 win in 2016, but a first-lap crash last year, saying:

"There is no bad blood. The chapter is closed,

"They have to have enough brains that they don't get into a situation like that. We let them race, but they have to show respect, which they didn't do.

Max wants too much and puts himself under too much pressure.

"He has to learn to be able to give in sometimes - especially now, because of the frequency of the incidents.

"It's hard for him, but he knows. It was also the same with Sebastian in the past. I see the parallels.

"Max knows that he will be automatically blamed for the next incident, whether he can do anything about it or not.

"We also need the points. So next time he has to think even more than he did before."