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.

The FIA hit the Red Bull star and four-time world champion with a 10-second penalty in the race, followed by three penalty points on his super license. That means Verstappen enters the Canadian Grand Prix with 11 points total on his super license in total. F1's rules dictate 12 penalty points in a 12-month period trigger a one-race suspension.

Red Bull racing driver Max Verstappen called the talk around his possible race ban as childish ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix. Verstappen is on the verge of a possible race ban after a collision with Mercedes’ George Russell lost him three points, taking his tally to 11.

Max Verstappen is just one penalty point away from a race ban — and F1 pundit Martin Brundle says his rivals should goad him into scoring it.