Verstappen gives Ricciardo less to smile about


Formula One - Russian Grand Prix - Sochi, Russia - 29/4/16 - Red Bull Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo of Australia arrives at the garage. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Max Verstappen's stunning victory on his Red Bull debut has given team mate Daniel Ricciardo a taste of his own medicine, according to 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve.

The 18-year-old Verstappen became Formula One's youngest race winner at Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, with Australian Ricciardo finishing fourth after a strategy error by the team was compounded by a late puncture.

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