Daniel Ricciardo rather surprisingly was a little judgemental on the antics of his Red Bull team mate Max Verstappen during a manoeuvre early in last weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.

The young Dutchman dived up the inside of Lewis Hamilton’s car on turn 1, much to the Mercedes driver's displeasure.

"I'll be honest," said Ricciardo. "It didn't deserve a penalty so that was fine.

"But it reminded me a little bit of me and [Nico] Rosberg in Budapest [in 2015] where he kept coming and I was on the exit kerb and had nowhere else to go.

"I think Max had the move [completed] already, I just don't think he needed to run all the way to the kerb.

"I think regardless Max would have stayed ahead, he was just a little too greedy."

It looked initially like Verstappen was clear of the World Champion's car, but just as he tried to pull away his back left wheel, he clipped Hamilton’s front right tyre.

Verstappen was left with a puncture, which effectively ended his race in Bahrain and left him unable to add to the eight points he picked up from race 1 in Australia.

Hamilton, as expected, was a little less diplomatic with his comments on the incident just before the podium celebrations, he used a profanity to describe the young Red Bull driver.

Ricciardo also cleared the Mercedes driver of any blame.

"I heard some people say Lewis could have lifted but you're there, unless he turned off the track or braked…it's easier said than done," he added.

"Lewis was so tight [to the outside of the track] as well, he wasn't going to make turn 2 with any form of speed."

Verstappen will be keen to ensure he doesn’t return another blank on Sunday in Shanghai and may be a just a little more conservative next time round.