“Yeah, absolutely,” Wolff told Sky Sports F1 when asked if it would be a shame for Verstappen to miss a race. “He’s a main protagonist. He has his rough edges, but is also a fair racer, and we’ve seen it yesterday that when he’s called out, that wasn’t an issue.”

After the Canadian GP, Max Verstappen said he drove both offensively and defensively to hold off a charging Kimi Antonelli. But what impact did this have on Red Bull’s strategy for the race in Montreal?