“(Verstappen) silenced a few critics today,” said former F1 champion Damon Hill, who himself was one of those critics. In his post-race press conference, the Red Bull driver also took a shot at some of the British journalists who have questioned his ...

The reigning Formula One world champion was in unfamiliar territory: Starting seventeenth on the grid, with only two cars behind him (and one in the pit lane), and his title rival, Lando Norris, way, way ahead of him on pole position.