Adrian Newey shuffles into the room on the top deck of Aston Martin’s paddock home in Monaco and smiles. “Ta-da,” he says, as if he has appeared from behind a curtain in a magic show. Then, as he makes his way over to a table that has been laid out for him in front of a handful of journalists,

Adrian Newey admits luring Max Verstappen to Aston Martin is “pipe-dreaming” as his former Red Bull colleague is only interested in racing a “fast car”. As for when Aston Martin could have one of those,

Aston Martin signing dream driver Max Verstappen is a ‘pipe dream’, says Adrian Newey - Newey is in the paddock in Monaco this weekend for the first time since joining Aston Martin