TREMAYNE: Aston Martin and Alonso's emergence is something we should all cheer

I’ve never thought of George Russell as a depressive kind of person. Far from it. He seems perennially upbeat, and has always handled whatever struggles he encountered at Williams and again at Mercedes with the unloved W13 last year with commendable enthusiasm.

But he is honest when it comes to sharing his feelings. And as a group of us gathered to leave Dubai bound for London Heathrow early on Monday morning, my pals at Sky Sports F1 all looked extremely discombobulated by his post-Bahrain GP suggestion that Red Bull could well win all 23 Grands Prix this season.