Max Verstappen duly claimed pole for the opening race of the new Formula One season at the Bahrain Grand Prix but the focus of attention under the floodlights and the palm trees remained as it has all week on Verstappen’s team principal, Christian Horner, and his Red Bull team.
With all the turmoil and drama that has swirled round Red Bull, this was a salutary reminder that as a sporting entity they remain spectacularly well-honed for all the chaos that currently orbits their core purpose of going racing.
