Max Verstappen had an “amazing” race in Brazil as he stormed from 17th to first, but what also amazed Juan Pablo Montoya was how no one challenged him. Even Esteban Ocon did not try despite the victory being on the line.

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.

A Max Verstappen investigation has been backed by a former F1 boss after the Dutchman's victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix. The three-time world champion won against the odds in Sao Paulo, after receiving several setbacks to his race weekend.