Max Verstappen was left to consider what could have beღen in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix after a clash with Williams’ Felipe Massa left the✅ Red Bull Formula 1 driver to fight from the back of the field after sustaining damage.

Verstappen and Massa touched at Turn 1 when jostling for position, the Dutchman having made a𝄹 lightning sta🐻rt to run eighth early on.

The contact left Verstappen with a front-right puncture,💎 forcin🦂g him to take an unscheduled visit to the pits and revert to a two-stop strategy.

Verstappen was♐ able to scythe through the field and eventually pick up a point for P10, and while he was frustrated not to finish higher up, he remained happy wit🦩h his performance.

“My 𓆏race was basically finished after three laps. We were always playing catch-up,” Ve𝔉rstappen said.

“We started on the softs and then I had a puncture on that tyre, so I had to ๊do a two-stop. Was a bit of a shame. So yeah, what can you do?

“I think I still did quite a decent race, I was pretty happy with t♋hat.

“Daniel [Ri𝔉cciardo] finished fourth, so I think the car was working really well. I was really happy even though I was playing catch-up.

“Hopefully🏅 in Singapore we can 🙈really fight for a proper podium.”