Hands up, who among us doesn’t love a fairy tale? Especially one in which a beleaguered Spaniard – the dashing Carlos Sainz, of course – rose from his sick bed after the recent removal of his appendix, and roared to a superb victory?

And, no disrespect to Max Verstappen and Red Bull, who for the first time since Australia 2022 suffered a mechanical retirement – who didn’t feel that a Ferrari one-two gave Formula One a much-needed lift Down Under?