Max Verstappen faces an uphill battle to avoid a race ban as he’ll need to navigate a clean Canadian and Austrian Grands Prix

Max Verstappen dealt his Formula 1 title defense a self-inflicted blow at the Spanish Grand Prix when he collided with George Russell’s Mercedes, in a move which Russell later said appeared to be “deliberate.

But the story of the race was the controversial series of events surrounding Max Verstappen in the closing laps. Verstappen appeared to drive deliberately into George Russell's Mercedes, a few laps after he left the track while battling for position with the Briton.