Untelevised team radio from the Canadian Grand Prix has revealed that Gianpiero Lambiase, Max Verstappen’s race engineer, initially felt Oscar Piastri was at fault for his collision with McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.

“Yeah, absolutely,” Wolff told Sky Sports F1 when asked if it would be a shame for Verstappen to miss a race. “He’s a main protagonist. He has his rough edges, but is also a fair racer, and we’ve seen it yesterday that when he’s called out, that wasn’t an issue.”

Max Verstappen has snapped back at continued questions over a potential race ban given his penalty points situation after he was beaten to pole position in Canada by George Russell

Hello and welcome to another rivetting day of F1 news. Don't miss anything by keeping tabs on our daily liveblog: F1 LIVE. Sky Sports journalist Rachel Brookes became the target of online abuse following a tense post-race interview with Max Verstappen after the Spanish Grand Prix.

One race on from Brookes’ difficult chat with Verstappen, Ted Kravitz also found himself on the wrong side of the reigning world champion. He accused the pit lane reporter of ‘singling out’ Red Bull ’s senior race strategy engineer, Stephen Knowles, over the Russell incident.

Verstappen has hit out at repeated questions about his F1 race ban threat after 2025 Canadian Grand Prix qualifying.

George Russell kept his Canadian Grand Prix win after a Red Bull protest at the end of Sundays race; Max Verstappen finished runner up in Montreal; next up for 2025 F1 season is return to Europe for Austrian Grand Prix,