This season everything is different: where Red Bull Racing invariably started off as towering favourites in recent years, this time it is McLaren, now tipped to dominate Formula 1. Yet Oscar Piastri thinks that a dominant team - as Red Bull was for a long time - won't be coming around for many years to come.

Max Verstappen has been caught up in a dispute with his 2025 Red Bull team-mate just days before the new Formula 1 campaign gets under way. The Dutchman will be in action at this weekend's Australian Grand Prix as he begins his quest to win a fifth consecutive world drivers' title.

Formula 1 defending champion Max Verstappen downplayed Red Bull's chances at Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix, saying the car is slower than their rivals and still working through some issues.