Kvyat charged up the inside of Sebastian Vettel in turn one, causing him to collide with Ferrari teammate Kimi Räikkönen.

[4] While in Q2 of the Russian Grand Prix, Ricciardo's wing mirror came free of its mount, and appeared to be held on by wiring alone.

Regardless of the distraction, Ricciardo moved onto Q3 and qualified 6th, but was elevated to 5th due to a five-place grid penalty assessed to Vettel for a change of his gearbox.

At the start of the race, Kvyat struck the rear of Vettel's Ferrari SF16-H braking for turn one, sending him into Ricciardo, causing all three cars damage.

[6] In the week leading up to the Spanish Grand Prix, Kvyat was relegated back to Scuderia Toro Rosso for the rest of the season,[7] while Verstappen was promoted in his place to Red Bull Racing.

[8] In the 3rd practice session of the Monaco Grand Prix, Verstappen had a small crash into the outside barrier of turn three.

Ricciardo qualified 1st, securing his first ever pole position, three-tenths of a second faster than 2nd place Rosberg.

[9] Verstappen had to apply to the stewards for permission to start the race because he failed to set a qualifying time within the 107% rule.

Verstappen elected to start the race from pit lane in front of Felipe Nasr, who also failed to set a time within the 107% rule.

Ricciardo's pit crew did not have tyres ready to put onto his car, resulting in a very long stop, narrowly handing the lead to Hamilton.

[13] In a rain inflicted race, Verstappen barely managed to avoid hitting the guardrail when he spun on the main straight.

[14] He received considerable praise for his performance, with his team principal Christian Horner calling it "one of the best drives I've seen in Formula 1".