With 11 penalty points on his licence, the reigning world champion finds himself on the brink of a race ban – a sanction that could effectively ruin his already fading chances of defending his title this year.

Reigning world champion had a deliberate-looking collision with George Russell during the Formula 1 race in Barcelona, and after initially playing down the incident, Max Verstappen has taken to social

Max Verstappen says frustration caused “a move that was not right and shouldn’t have happened”, a day after he initially seemed unrepentant over his his collision with George Russell at Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix.