Sky Sports F1 presenter Rachel Brookes has been forced to turn off comments on her social media accounts after receiving “vile abuse” following an interview with Max Verstappen at the Canadian Grand Prix. Brookes has been part of the Sky Sports F1 team since 2012, when they won exclusive rights from the BBC.

Hello and welcome to another rivetting day of F1 news. Don't miss anything by keeping tabs on our daily liveblog: F1 LIVE. Sky Sports journalist Rachel Brookes became the target of online abuse following a tense post-race interview with Max Verstappen after the Spanish Grand Prix.

One race on from Brookes’ difficult chat with Verstappen, Ted Kravitz also found himself on the wrong side of the reigning world champion. He accused the pit lane reporter of ‘singling out’ Red Bull ’s senior race strategy engineer, Stephen Knowles, over the Russell incident.

Verstappen has hit out at repeated questions about his F1 race ban threat after 2025 Canadian Grand Prix qualifying.

Ted Kravitz has pondered how he could have handled his testy interview with Max Verstappen differently. Verstappen wasn’t particularly impressed by the line of questioning Kravitz embarked upon in a Sky F1 interview ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix.

Christian Horner has said Red Bull pre-emptively approached the FIA Race Director to watch out for rivals 'goading' him.