Adrian Newey shuffles into the room on the top deck of Aston Martin’s paddock home in Monaco and smiles. “Ta-da,” he says, as if he has appeared from behind a curtain in a magic show. Then, as he makes his way over to a table that has been laid out for him in front of a handful of journalists,

Adrian Newey believes luring Max Verstappen to Aston Martin is a pipe dream until they can develop a title-winning car.

Aston Martin’s chances of signing Max Verstappen will be a ‘pipe dream’ until they have a car good enough for Red Bull’s four-times world