There's been a pile on about Honda's speculated involvement in the deal and what it means for Red Bull going forward, but there is an uncomfortable issue bubbling under here that Christian Horner's team risk repeating in a similar nightmare scenario.

Yuki Tsunoda will now become Max Verstappen's sixth team-mate at Red Bull when he takes to the grid in the company's second seat at the Japanese Grand Prix after Liam Lawson was dropped

Karma comes at you quickly in Formula One. Only last weekend, when asked if Red Bull had made the right decision in promoting him to a race seat above Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson dismissed his rival as a lightweight,