The Latest Breaking News from Gianpiero Lambiase

After their high-profile disagreement in qualifying at Spa, plus interest in Verstappen’s relationship with Lambiase growing in 2023 with an absence of a victory battle against Red Bull’s rivals, the pair again attracted attention with their discussions at various points of the Dutchman’s dominant win on Sunday.

Verstappen’s triumph was his eighth in a row and 10th from the 12 rounds so far.

The pair had a tetchy exchange at the end of the middle segment of qualifying that Verstappen would go on to top on Friday at Spa, which featured an expletive-laden rant from the driver.

The pair had a tetchy exchange at the end of the middle segment of qualifying that Verstappen would go on to top on Friday at Spa, which featured an expletive-laden rant from the driver.

Max Verstappen berated his team for ‘shit execution’ in qualifying as Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez joined Charles Leclerc on the front row of the grid

The world championship leader raised some smiles in second practice at the Spanish Grand Prix when his response to a radio message about his run plan regarded a ringtone that could be heard from the garage.

Russell got the better of Verstappen on the first lap after several corners of them racing wheel to wheel, but the Red Bull star was not happy with how the Mercedes man completed the move

The final free practice session of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend passed without incident, though that was almost not the case as Norris had to take evasive action to avoid a crash with Verstappen

Red Bull will no doubt have been thrilled with how easily Max Verstappen was able to dominate the Bahrain race, but the Dutchman was doing one thing which annoyed them