At last. When a sport is advertising its season as its ‘longest ever’ in a positive manner, what it really needs is to keep people engaged less its length becomes a burden.

Red Bull and Max Verstappen dominating every race was a serious concern after just two rounds but that streak is over after an uncharacteristic mechanical failure on the leading man’s machine.

Suggestions of a championship battle are premature but the table looks a little healthier with four drivers within a podium’s score of each other atop the table.

Carlos Sainz is the man of the moment and were it not for his pesky appendix, he would likely be leading the World Championship, unsurprisingly there is more about him, very, very shortly.