Max Verstappen has revealed the heart-warming reason why he hasn’t gone to see the new F1 film which stars Brad Pitt and was produced by Sir Lewis Hamilton. Directed by Top Gun: Maverick ‘s Joseph Kosinski, F1 tells the story of a veteran racing driver (Pitt) who returns to Formula 1 to drive alongside a hotshot rookie played by Damson Idris.

Charles Leclerc will join him on the front row, while Max Verstappen is P7 only, having called the Red Bull “undriveable”, clashed with a “naughty” Lewis Hamilton in an impeding incident noted by the stewards, before a yellow flag wrecked his final Q3 lap, topping off a frustrating afternoon.

Max Verstappen is on course to secure his fifth Drivers' Championship in 2025, but the Red Bull star's future is far from certain. The Dutchman must answer the 'million-dollar question' with father Jo