Red Bull came into this race weekend with a huge spotlight on the team. It was largely on the second seat and the driver change that had taken place, but it very much captured Max Verstappen in its glare,

World champion Max Verstappen made the most of his surprise pole position when he ended McLaren's early Formula One season dominance with victory in the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. Verstappen's Red Bull had enough race pace to claim a 64th career victory,

Max Verstappen’s engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, rarely sounds as impressed as he did on the radio when his driver’s pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix was confirmed. He had been through this routine 40 times before,