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Briatore, 75, will enact all the duties of former team principal Oliver Oakes after the Briton’s resignation three weeks ago, due to personal reasons.

While Briatore’s official title will remain “executive adviser”, he is effectively back as team boss 17 years after the 2008 Crashgate scandal, when he was initially given a lifetime ban from the sport for his role as Renault team principal in Nelson Piquet Jnr’s deliberate crash in Singapore.

Briatore’s ban was later overturned in the French courts but, given his chequered past, ex-F1 driver Herbert believes it’s wrong that the Italian has returned in a team-leading capacity in the paddock.

“I spoke with Red Bull, but they didn’t want me,” Sainz told the El Cafelito Podcast, from Chiringuito Inside.

“For various reasons, we couldn’t reach an agreement. People who know about F1 probably know why Red Bull didn’t want me.

“I have nothing against them or their decision-making.”

Susie Wolff, managing director of the all-female racing series F1 Academy, speaks to Kieran Jackson about the growing number of women in motorsport and when she is targeting a female driver on the grid:

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya – 30 May-1 June

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal – 13-15 June

Red Bull Ring, Spielberg – 27-29 June

Silverstone Circuit – 4-6 July

ROUND 13 – BELGIUM (sprint weekend)

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps – 25-27 July

Hungaroring, Budapest – 1-3 August

Circuit Zandvoort – 29-31 August

Monza Circuit – 5-7 September

Baku City Circuit – 19-21 September

Marina Bay Street Circuit – 3-5 October

ROUND 19 – UNITED STATES (sprint weekend)

Circuit of the Americas, Austin – 17-19 October

Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City – 24-26 October

ROUND 21 – BRAZIL (sprint weekend)

Interlagos Circuit, Sao Paulo – 7-9 November

Las Vegas Street Circuit – 20-22 November

ROUND 23 – QATAR (sprint weekend)

Lusail International Circuit, Lusail – 28-30 November

Yas Marina Circuit – 5-7 December

Oscar Piastri has claimed his relationship with Lando Norris will not spiral out of control as the McLaren drivers duel to become champion of the world.

“Of course it is an interesting dynamic, but my relationship with Lando at the track, and away from the track, is very similar to how it has been, and, if anything, we get along better now than we ever have,” Piastri told the PA news agency.

“The way we work together to give ourselves the best chance of success is still as strong as ever, and that has been a strength from the moment we have been team-mates.

“We get along very well. That hasn’t changed. I don’t expect it to change. But obviously we are both trying to win a world championship and only one of us can do it.”

7. Racing Bulls – 22 points

8. Aston Martin – 14 points

1. Oscar Piastri – 161 points

2. Lando Norris – 158 points

3. Max Verstappen – 136 points

4. George Russell – 99 points

5. Charles Leclerc – 79 points

6. Lewis Hamilton – 63 points

7. Kimi Antonelli – 48 points

8. Alex Albon – 42 points

9. Esteban Ocon – 20 points

10. Isack Hadjar – 15 points

11. Lance Stroll – 14 points

12. Carlos Sainz – 13 points

13. Yuki Tsunoda – 10 points

14. Liam Lawson – 8 points

15. Pierre Gasly – 7 points

16. Nico Hulkenberg – 6 points

17. Ollie Bearman – 6 points

18. Fernando Alonso – 0 points

19. Jack Doohan – 0 points

20. Gabriel Bortoleto – 0 points

Lewis Hamilton has dismissed claims he is at odds with Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami, insisting that he is “amazing to work with”.

Addressing the post-race message ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, Hamilton replied: “It was literally just there were areas where we had radio problems through the race, and I did not get the information that I wanted. We spoke afterwards.

“There is a lot of speculation and most of it is BS. We have a great relationship. He is amazing to work with. He is a great guy. He is working so hard, we both are.”

Could round nine represent a turning point for McLaren’s rivals? The much-talked-about FIA regulation change this weekend, clamping down on flexi front-wings, sees a technical change to the front of this year’s cars by just 5mm.

Kieran Jackson previews how the change could shake things up: