Posting the transcript on social media, The Score's Daniel Valente wrote: "Everyone should read the communication between Max Verstappen & Gianpiero Lambiase between laps 23-32. They could use this in training courses for future race engineers. Concise, clear communication & trust both ways.

The reigning Formula One world champion was in unfamiliar territory: Starting seventeenth on the grid, with only two cars behind him (and one in the pit lane), and his title rival, Lando Norris, way, way ahead of him on pole position.

Max Verstappen’s come-from-behind win in the pouring rain at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday didn’t just put him a lot closer to a fourth straight Formula One title.