Christian Horner has said Red Bull pre-emptively approached the FIA Race Director to watch out for rivals ‘goading’ him. With Verstappen on 11 penalty points heading into the Canadian Grand Prix, the four-time F1 World Champion is just a single penalty point away from triggering an automatic race ban.

Max Verstappen's long-term future at Red Bull is now in fresh doubt, a new report has claimed. Verstappen has spent his entire career under the Red Bull umbrella, firstly debuting with Toro Rosso in 2015. After a promising first season, he was parachuted into the second Red Bull seat in the early stages of 2016 after Daniil Kvyat was dropped.

With Max Verstappen teetering on the edge of a race ban, Red Bull's Christian Horner said the team alerted the relevant authorities to the prospect of rivals potentially goading the Dutchman into an i