Present at the Monaco Grand Prix for his first appearance at an F1 race weekend as an Aston Martin employee, Adrian Newey has been speaking to reporters about Max Verstappen

Adrian Newey believes luring Max Verstappen to Aston Martin is a pipe dream until they can develop a title-winning car.

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,