Michael Masi isn’t fazed by “whatever sniping” is going on between Mercedes and Red Bull, adamant it has no impact on the stewards’ decisions.

Formula 1’s call to broadcast the radio messages between the teams and Race Control paid off at the British Grand Prix as fans heard by Mercedes and Red Bull plead their cases to Masi following the collision between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.

Tempers were high as it was a big one, the Dutchman sent hurtling into the tyre barrier at 150mph, the impact at 51G.

Both teams defended their drivers, with Red Bull saying “full blame lays on Hamilton” while Mercedes insisted that Hamilton was “significantly alongside” Verstappen into Copse.