New Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies stressed that four-time Formula One champion Max Verstappen is "central" to the project of bringing the team back to the top. "Max is central to the project and he's key to the project and we need his magic at the racetrack.

The F1 paddock has reconvened for the first time since Christian Horner's bombshell exit from the helm of the Red Bull team. Scott Mitchell-Malm and Edd Straw were at Spa to hear from Max Verstappen and try to find out how Red Bull is tackling its first race post-Horner.

Formula One's Spa weekend marks a new start for Red Bull and reigning world champion Max Verstappen as the team go racing for the first time without Christian Horner at the helm.