Verstappen will be 'picked apart' over errors - Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo has warned Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen that he will be "picked apart" if he continues to make errors in 2018. The Dutchman said would "headbutt" people questioning his error-strewn campaign ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, only serving to focus attention on him.

Verstappen looked to have gotten over a tricky start to the campaign with a podium finish in Spain, but Monaco bit back last time out as Verstappen crashed in Saturday's practice session.

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It meant he had to start from the back of the grid and could only finish ninth in a race that Ricciardo won, converting Red Bull's superior pace in the principality.

It leaves Verstapppen with less than half of his team-mate's points tally after six races, but Ricciardo believes he can cope with the extra attention.

"Now he's in the spotlight – obviously the FP3 crash [in Monaco] wasn't a small error – but any small error from now on he's probably going to get a little bit picked apart for," said Ricciardo.

"There will be times when it's probably going to be frustrating but at the end of the day I guess it's in his control.

"I think he's pretty headstrong, he won't let it get to him too much. I understand where it's coming from."