Gordon Ramsay left a Red Bull mechanic red-faced after a giving a brutal verdict over what he was eating in the garage.
The celebrity chef was present at Silverstone to watch the qualifying action on Saturday. He and several other visitors were given spots at the back of the Red Bull garage, after being invited as a special guest of the team.
While he was there to watch some racing action, he chimed in when he spotted a Red Bull team member tucking into some pre-session grub. Ramsay has a reputation for critiquing other people's dishes, and couldn't resist an X-rated assessment of the meal he saw in front of him.
As the mechanic tucked into what appeared to be a small Shepherd's pie straight out of its tin foil casing, Ramsay could be seen giving the meal a filthy look before revealing exactly what he thought of it. "What the f**k is that?" he asked as the other Red Bull team members in the vicinity roared with laughter.
"Two-thirds potato and no meat. F**king hell, honestly," the chef added as he smirked at the mechanic, whose face was growing redder all the time. He cheekily asked Ramsay if he would like to try some, before the response came: "No, I'm all good for now, thank you."
The mood in the garage may have been less jovial later on, as Max Verstappen was denied pole position by Carlos Sainz. The Dutchman never had the chance to overtake the Spaniard with his final flying lap, as he had to slow down for yellow flags after a spin from Charles Leclerc.
Red Bull chief Christian Horner blamed the lack of a pole position on that incident, telling Sky Sports F1: "Charles had what looked like a half-spin, Max lifted for the yellow flag and I think gave up about three or four tenths for it.
"But congratulations to Carlos – he has always been a demon in the wet since he was a junior for us, he was always very strong in these conditions. Congratulations to him, and we're just pleased to be up there on the front row with Checo on the second row as well.
"We were unfortunate with the yellow flag – one of those things – but it's going to make an interesting race. I think everybody had a long run [in practice] of about four laps, so it's a bit of an unknown. But with Checo in there as well, there are so many dynamics to it."
