Horner praises Red Bull F1’s Jason Statham for dealing with “tough customer” Verstappen

Verstappen and Lambiase raised eyebrows with a vocal disagreement over their run plan during Friday qualifying for last week’s Belgian Grand Prix.

That was followed up by more fiery exchanges in the race, particularly when Lambiase asked his driver to “use your head more” in the final stint when Verstappen took too much life out of his new soft tyres.

Verstappen then joked that he would push on and make another pitstop for some “pitstop…