Max Verstappen says there were encouraging talks that played a part in securing his commitment, but also highlights the length of his new deal as potentially taking him into the sport’s next era.

Force India chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer has accused certain team bosses of deliberately "fooling" the governing body, the FIA, into increasing the fuel limit to gain a competitive advantage.A five-kilogram increase to the maximum race fuel load, taking it to 110 kilograms, has been agreed by the Formula 1...