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Jos Verstappen had little good to say about the handling of the race start in Monaco, or the performance of the wet-weather tyres.

The start of the Monaco Grand Prix was delayed after pre-race rain, and though the track looked very much in a good enough state to drive, Race Control was anticipating heavier rain to come which the radar was picking up.

The Safety Car would lead the pack away to start the race, but with that torrential downpour soon arriving, the race was red flagged and a 45-minute delay followed, the rain creating power problems which made a standing start/restart impossible.

Verstappen though felt that Race Control should have just let the race start at 1500 local time as it was scheduled to do, rather than getting “stressed” as soon as “a few drops of rain” fell.

In his column, Verstappen wrote: “To be honest I wasn’t left with a good feeling about the race weekend in Monaco. And that’s putting it mildly.

“Firstly, I think they should have just started at three o’clock. These days it seems that everyone at Race Control gets stressed at the first sight of a few drops of rain.

“Sure, it would have been a chaotic start and the teams would have been in doubt as to which tyre would have been the best option. But that is what people want to see. Now they just waited, then it turned out there were also problems with the starting lights.

“FIA or the organisation, whoever is responsible, should make sure there is a back-up for