There's been a pile on about Honda's speculated involvement in the deal and what it means for Red Bull going forward, but there is an uncomfortable issue bubbling under here that Christian Horner's team risk repeating in a similar nightmare scenario.

Karma comes at you quickly in Formula One. Only last weekend, when asked if Red Bull had made the right decision in promoting him to a race seat above Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson dismissed his rival as a lightweight,

Red Bull Racing's top brass, Christian Horner and Helmut Marko, are at risk at the Austrian team, GPblog has learned. Furthermore, should Red Bill fail to keep Max Verstappen in its ranks, the 81 year old chief advisor would consider that a good reason to leave F1.