Former F1 driver Jaime Alguersuari says he can now walk through the Formula 1 paddock and “smile”, after an acrimonious exit from the Red Bull programme.

The former Toro Rosso man earned 46 starts in Formula 1, making his debut in Hungary in 2009 while still a teenager.

However, his exit from Formula 1 alongside Sebastien Buemi at the end of 2011 in favour of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne, left him feeling “anger and rejection” towards Red Bull as a whole.

He retired from motorsport in 2015 after fainting during a Formula E weekend in Moscow, admitting that he had fallen out of love with racing at the time – and that he could hardly bring himself to watch Formula 1 after his exit.