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Christian Horner says it's a good thing Red Bull have their own "Jason Statham" to keep Max Verstappen in line, in Gianpiero Lambiase.

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner joked he was surprised it took Max Verstappen "so long to get to the front" in Belgium.

17 laps it took for Max Verstappen to get into the lead in Belgium. He's slacking! (Sarcasm alert).

Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso suggested he it turning a blind eye to the chaos unfolding at his former team Alpine.

George Russell has said Mercedes "suffered" during the Belgian Grand Prix as bouncing returned to their car at Spa-Francorchamps.

It is a good job Sergio Perez qualified in the top three in Belgium, otherwise he would have been getting blanked by Christian Horner.

Racing Daniel Ricciardo at Spa, Nico Hulkenberg admits there were times when there was "slow driving", and it was deliberate.

Max Verstappen triggered a rather awkward turn in the post-Belgian GP press conference when asked what his plans were for the summer break.

Sergio Perez was surprised when Alpine announced the sacking of team boss Otmar Szafnauer, a decision he believes was premature.

It's day one of the summer break, but there was still plenty to digest from the Belgian Grand Prix, all in today's F1 news round-up.