In Melbourne he spun while pursuing Kevin Magnussen, spinning again in qualifying in Bahrain and subsequently hitting Lewis Hamilton during the race, leading to the Briton calling him a "dickhead".

In China he collided with Sebastian Vettel, while in Azerbaijan he not only crashed in practice, he subsequently collided with his teammate in the race, an incident that eliminated both cars.

While he made it to the podium in Barcelona, the weekend was not without incident, the Dutchman incurring front wing damage following an early clash with Lance Stroll.

Today's crash late in FP3, which resulted in him being unable to take part in qualifying, means that the Red Bull driver had been involved in some sort of incident at every race thus far this year.

While team boss Christian Horner was telling reporters that he must stop making these errors, Verstappen was admitting to reporters that he cannot explain why the mistakes never seem to end.

"At the moment I can't," he said. "Though I wouldn't call Barcelona an incident.

"This, together with China, were my mistakes," he admitted. "Of course, it's not what you'd like to happen, but unfortunately it happens.

"I clipped the inside barrier," he said, reflecting on an incident uncannily similar to his crash here two years ago. "I'd got a little bit caught off guard with the slow car, but that's not an excuse... I hit the wall.

"I don't know, it's all happening that quick at that stage when you get a little bit distracted, I guess I just turned in a little bit earlier than normal... or clearly turned in earlier.

"I think here, it's very easily done compared to other tracks," he insisted. "We'll look at it, see what we could have done better. We still have a race to do tomorrow.

"The team will always be behind me, in good and bad times. It goes either way. Last year, with a lot of engine problems and stuff, I was exactly the same. We work as a team. You win and lose together."

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1. Posted by Frank H, 27/05/2018 8:21

"Mistakes happens all the time, to all drivers in the starting field.

But if you need to run without margins to keep up with your teammate, mistakes are impossible to recover, and subsequently shit happens!"

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2. Posted by equator180, 27/05/2018 7:37

"Or Max Maldonado. Red Bull has patience but wondering how much of that commodity is left on the plate. "

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3. Posted by Pete, 27/05/2018 0:12

""Is it time to call him "Max Vercrashen"?""

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