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STR delighted with 'extraordinary' Max

He may be a rookie, but Max Verstappen drove like a veteran around the streets of Monte Carlo in practice on Thursday, much to the team's delight. In his maiden practice session on the tough Monaco circuit, 17-year-old Verstappen produced the second fastest time behind Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes while his team-mate Carlos Sainz was fifth. Sainz was sixth fastest in FP2 before the rain came down while Verstappen was 0.123s behind him in seventh place. Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost had nothing but praise for the Dutch youngster. 'We know Max is a very, very highly skilled driver,' he is quoted as saying by Motorsport.com. 'I was impressed by how he achieved this really, really...
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