Max Verstappen’s stunning victory on his Red Bull debut has given team-mate Daniel Ricciardo a taste of his own medicine, according to 1997 champion Jacques Villeneuve.

The 18-year-old Verstappen became Formula One’s youngest race winner at Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, with Australian Ric-ciardo finishing fourth after a strategy error by the team was compounded by a late puncture.

Ricciardo, winner of three races in 2014 when, like Verstappen, he moved up from Toro Rosso to the main Red Bull team, had led after Mercedes pair Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton collided on the opening lap.

“The critical point now is what will happen with Ricciardo,” Villeneuve, who took pole and almost won on his race debut with Williams in 1996 as a fresh young team-mate to Britain’s Damon Hill, told reporters.

“Right now it’s the reverse situation of when he arrived (at Red Bull) and (Sebastian) Vettel was the driver, except Vettel had four world championships and he doesn’t.

“His smile will not carry him now,” added the Canadian.

Red Bull put Ricciardo, who had led for 31 laps, on a three-stop strategy at the Circuit de Catalunya while keeping Verstappen on what turned out to be a winning two.

The Australian, famed for having the biggest smile in the sport, said after the race he felt victory had been snatched away from him.

“It’s not hard to see Max on the podium but it’s hard for me not to be on the podium, that’s the biggest disappointment,” he said.

“It didn’t make sense,” he added of the decision to switch to a three-stop strategy after Ferrari had done so with Vettel.

“It’s frustrating, I think we just threw the win away. Sure I’m bitter right now. Not with Max, not at all, just bitter at the situation.”