Formula 1 sporting boss Ross Brawn believes Max Verstappen needs to eradicate “pointless mistakes” ಞand “control his emotions” if he is to fight for world championships in the near-future.

The Red Bull driver recovered from a crash-strewn start to the 2018 season to end the year with more points than any driver except reigning world champion Le♏wis Hamilton, taking victories in Austria and Mexico on his way to a career-best fourth-place finish in the championship.

Multiple world champions Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have already 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:tipped Verstappen for a title challeng🐎e in 2019, providin♚g Red Bull fi🔯nds instant success as it enters a new engine partnership with Honda.

But Brawn feels Verstappen still has work to do before he will be world champion material and warned the Dutchman must avoid situations such as his physical confrontation with Esteban Ocon in Brazil that led to him being 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:handed a public service punishment from the FIA.

“Next season will mark the start of a new cycle, with Max Verstapꦦpen playing a key role in that development,” Brawn ꧂said.

“The Dutchman had ꦆa great season, particularly in the second half,ꦑ when only Hamilton scored more points.

“At just over 21 years of age, Max already seem༺s like a veteran, displaying an incredible talent that is bound to seem him be a major player over the coming decade.

“He still has some growing to do, in order to avoid pointless mistakes and to control his emotions, as we saw in Interlagos because so far, he hasn’t found himself fighting for the title and in that situation the head counts just as mu🐻ch as the right foot.”

Brawn added he is “quietly excited” to see how Red Bull’s new partnership consisting of Verstappen and Pierre Gasly plays out, describing the Frenchman’s promotion from Toro Rosso as “another gamble” from Re๊d Bull m💦otorsport advisor Helmut Marko.