OPINION: Max Verstappen clashed twice with 2024 Formula 1 title rival Lando Norris at Austin, with the latter controversially penalised for passing the Red Bull off the track. But there’s enough evidence to say that was wrong,

Spare cars were banned in F1 in 2008 on costs grounds. But the rules still allow for teams to have enough parts to build up an entire new car if necessary. Pretty much anything can be repaired or replaced, as long as there is the time - and inclination - to do so.

McLaren’s Lando Norris edged Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for the pole at the United States Grand Prix on Saturday as Formula 1 returned from its autumn break with those two