When Jenson Button ended his extended wait for an F1 win at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, the late illustrator Jim Bamber came up with a famous cartoon. It depicted Button holding the winner’s trophy and peering over his shoulder to find a giant monkey perched on his back.

McLaren boss Zak Brown says it would be a “disaster” for Red Bull if four-time reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen were to leave the team.

Christian Horner reportedly promised ‘internal improvement’ for the British Grand Prix, only for Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda to experience a miserable time on a rainy Silverstone Sunday. Red Bull gambled on an aggressive set-up for reigning world champion Verstappen,