At the moment, both championships are not realistic.” Max Verstappen’s comment after a miserable Italian Grand Prix, where he’d struggled to sixth place, was delivered with no real anger. More a matter-of-fact frustration.

New four-time world champion Max Verstappen very proud of 2024 as I would say for 70 per cent of the season, we didnt have the fastest car; Verstappens latest triumph comes in year of tension between his father and team boss,

Red Bull have made a major error as they endured a nightmare start to their Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez languished towards the bottom of the timesheets after Thursday, local time in Las Vegas, the nighttime practice sessions finishing with the Dutchman P17, and his team-mate P19.