Max Verstappen faces an uphill battle to avoid a race ban as he’ll need to navigate a clean Canadian and Austrian Grands Prix

But the Italian shouldn’t take that too personally, as Russell would also drop Lewis Hamilton from the Ferrari line-up in favour of putting Verstappen in the car alongside Charl

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Williams driver Alex Albon bought dinner for Formula 1 rival George Russell after purposefully backing up the Mercedes man during the Monaco Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso says that Aston Martin’s all-in bet on next season will play a large part on the looming decision of when he definitely calls it quits from Formula 1.

Oscar Piastri has won the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris as McLaren continued its early dominance of the Formula 1 championship

They then collided once again when Verstappen was told by Red Bull to let Russell past him, and then sped up once more and appeared to purposefully touch wheels with the Mercedes