Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Verstappen zai kasance mai amfani da Honda daga 2019 zuwa gaba, bayan sauyawar Red Bull daga abokin ciniki Renault zuwa ayyukan Honda na aikin 2019 kakar. Bayan Ricciardo ya koma ƙungiyar Renault don 2019, Verstappen ya haɗu da Red Bull (asali) ta Pierre Gasly. Verstappen ya cancanci zama na 4 kuma ya gama na 3 a Ostiraliya, farkon podium na farko ga direban da ke amfani da Honda tun Grand Prix na Burtaniya na 2008. Verstappen yana kan hanya don kammala na uku a karo na biyu a Bahrain kafin motar aminci ta hana shi wucewa Ferrari mai fama da rashin lafiya na Charles Leclerc, yana kiyaye shi a matsayi na 4. Sauran wurare biyu na 4 sun biyo baya a China da Azerbaijan, kafin ya sami matsayi na biyu yayin da ya gama na 3 a Spain
Ka yi haƙuri. A Monaco, Verstappen ya cancanci zama na uku. An sake shi a cikin hanyar Valtteri Bottas a lokacin dakatarwa na direbobi, yana samun matsayi na biyu amma yana karɓar hukuncin dakika 5 sakamakon haka. Verstappen ya tsallaka layin a matsayi na biyu amma an saukar da shi zuwa na huɗu ta hanyar hukunci.