Red Bull F1 boss Horner says Australian GP winner Verstappen showed 'great patience' after losing the lead of the race on the opening lap.
The subsequent red flag gave Hamilton and Verstappen a free tyre change and kept them at the front of the order.
"Obviously Max had to make the pass on Lewis," said Horner."The two Mercedes were fast starting, they were very aggressive on the first lap, Max showing great patience really not to get embroiled. "Again, I thought he showed great patience to get out of the way," he said."It was hard racing between the two of them, and then of course the race was just getting going, and it was quite a fight between the three of them at the front.
"Then they started having a go at each other, then they pitted George, then the red flag came out and then it was just a straight fight between Max and Lewis, and he made very short work of that.After the race, Verstappen made it clear that he wasn't happy with Hamilton's first lap pass.