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Max Verstappen got into trouble following his reaction to this crash at the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix in November, when Esteban Ocon's Force India car, left, collided with the Belgian's Red Bull

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has completed his punishment for shoving Esteban Ocon after last season's Brazilian Grand Prix.

The FIA, Formula 1's governing body, ordered the Dutchman to do two days of "public service" after an altercation in the pits following November's race.

The Force India team name will be absent from the grid for the first time since 2007

Racing Point will continue as the successors to the now defunct Force India for the 2019 F1 Championship, which starts in Australia on 17 March.

Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll acquired Force India when it fell into administration in July, initially calling it 'Racing Point Force India'.

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix first took place in 2017

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku will continue until at least 2023 after organisers renewed their deal.

The renewal is the first signed in 2019 and follows new agreements for the Belgian, Chinese, German, Japanese and Singapore races in the past two years.

Fernando Alonso won 32 Grands Prix in Formula 1 before retiring last year

Former Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso added another motorsport trophy to his cabinet with victory in the Rolex 24 in Daytona.

Alonso, 37, retired from F1 at the end of the season but won a rain-affected race alongside Renger van der Zande, Kamui Kobayashi and Jordan Taylor in the Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac.

Lorenzo won three times in MotoGP last season

Three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has had surgery after breaking his left scaphoid while training.

The 31-year-old Spaniard, who also won two 250cc world titles, suffered a fall while riding just outside Verona.