The aftermath of the Spanish Grand Prix has been filled with hemming and hawing about the way Max Verstappen conducted himself on a restart where his frustration over hard tyres compounded into contact with Charles Leclerc and George Russell.

It came just after two-time F1 champion Mika Hakkinen praised Verstappen for a lack of respect on track — something Hakkinen feels is one of the driver’s greatest assets.

Mika Hakkinen: Max Verstappen is right to not ‘respect anyone’

Hakkinen is no stranger to stiff competition.

The Finnish racing driver competed in Formula 1 for a decade between 1991 and 2001, winning back-to-back championships in 1998 and 1999.

During that time, he competed against some of the best drivers of the era: Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Nigel Mansell and so man

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