Red Bull opted to pit Verstappen and put hard tyres on, a decision which did not work, before an incident with Charles Leclerc which the FIA investigated but took no further action against. “He struggled to fire up the hard tyre and understeered wide,” Alice Powell told Channel 4.

Red Bull's senior advisor has opened up about Max Verstappen's highly controversial incident with George Russell that brought him one step closer to a race ban.

Christian Horner explains Red Bull's decision to put Max Verstappen on hard tyres and ask him to let George Russell past ahead of controversial F1 Spanish GP clash