GPI 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix | Page 126

FEATURE Thereafter Dutch teenager held on to second place ahead of Rosberg, surviving a huge moment which only his masterful control (and a dollop of luck) kept the Red Bull out of the barriers. It was more than the save of the season, more like the save of the decade. Red Bull appeared to gamble as they pitted Verstappen for Pirelli intermediate tyres, which in retrospect was bad call. They pitted him again with ten laps to go for wets, relegating him out of the points down to 15th, upon which he delivered one of the most audacious drives in memory.