Marko lashes out at Wolff: 'Are we racing or are we in kindergarten?'

Toto Wolff was delighted with Lewis Hamilton 's victory in Brazil, but was unable to hide his disgust at the stewards' decision. The Mercedes team boss felt Max Verstappen should have been penalised for an incident with his driver, but Red Bull Racing logically disagree. Helmut Marko thinks his rival should not get carried away.

The stewards called it a racing incident, but Wolff thinks differently. According to him Verstappen should have received a time penalty of five seconds. In that case Valtteri Bottas might have taken his second place.

Marko parried his rival's statements. "Are we racing or are we at nursery school?" he asks mockingly. Team boss Christian Horner agrees: "These are two guys racing hard against each other, but their wheels didn't touch. They are racing for the world championship. A penalty would really not be appropriate unless it had ended in a collision."

From Brazil, the entire Formula One circus heads straight into the next race week. To do so, it must all travel to Qatar, where the soap opera surrounding Red Bull and Mercedes can continue unhindered.