But Ricciardo was unwilling to let Verstappen enjoy yet another leisurely drive. The Australian was seen cutting a corner bore shunting into the side of the Dutchman’s car, sending him into a spin.

The rest of the field passed the Red Bull star, ending his chance of victory.

week 1 without f1: me watching karting and seeing daniel hitting maxpic.twitter.com/xCXy2vG9yg

— clara (@leclercsletters) December 3, 2023

Max Verstappen jokingly branded Daniel Ricciardo a ‘terrorist’ in Japan

The Formula One stars took part in a go karting event but it was chaos

Verstappen and Ricciardo are good friends and could race together for Red Bull

max: “it went quite well but then daniel decided to be a terrorist, he was literally trying to kill everyone out there..”

MAX 😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/5qF7MkVSIW

— nini (@SCUDERIAFEMBOY) December 3, 2023

Ricciardo continued corner cutting for the rest of the race but Verstappen managed to catch up with him. This time, it was fair racing as Perez took the chequered flag, with Ricciardo second Verstappen third.

‘It went quite well but then Daniel decided to be a terrorist,’ Verstappen joked after the race.

‘He was literally trying to kill everyone out there.’

‘It’s great to see so many fans here again,’ he added ‘Thank you everyone for coming.’

Ricciardo added: ‘We are actually a bit used to this because when we race in Japan there is always a very big group of loyal fans. It was great today.’