While the likes of Franco Colapinto, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda have their eyes on a Red Bull seat, Helmut Marko says Max Verstappen is their title focus as no other driver is up to the task in “our environment”.

Max Verstappen says he does not need to leave Red Bull to cement his legacy, adding it would be “beautiful” to stay with one team for his entire career.

Verstappen responded with the greatest display of his F1 career. In rainy conditions, he charged through to victory, taking the lead at the same moment Norris slid down the order after a mistake at Turn 1. A symbolic moment of the diverging paths of their title aspirations.