Helmut Marko has done a lot of talking in the last week. Red Bull’s octogenarian motorsport adviser has been busy doing the rounds, on the radio and in the papers, defending the team’s decision to jettison Liam Lawson after just two races and bring in Yuki Tsunoda.

Andrea Stella says his McLaren drivers must work together to see off challengers such as Max Verstappen before they can consider an inter-team title battle. McLaren won the opening two races of the season – one each for Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri – which sparked talk of a scrap between the team-mates for the drivers’ championship.