F1 Gossip

♖ Max Verstappen supports Sergio Perez, explaining it is ‘very rare to have a team-mate like him in F1.’

♖ Oliver Bearman was denied the chance to drive for Haas in Abu Dhabi because the FIA did not consider him a ‘rookie’.

♖ Nico Rosberg and Martin Brundle have tipped Lando Norris to win next year’s world championship.

♖ Red Bull may have to keep Sergio Perez for 2025.

♖ Carlos Sainz takes Santander’s partnership to the Williams F1 team.

♖ Max Verstappen knows all the rules and how to play them, as demonstrated when fighting Lando Norris this year.

♖ McLaren has been crowned constructors’ champions; however, entry into next year’s competition comes with an added ‘success’ price tag of over $6 million.

♖ Following the Singapore Grand Prix, the FIA confirmed that Max Verstappen must complete community service after swearing in an FIA press conference.

♖ Police pulled over Valtteri Bottas, and fans have asked if he was going faster than he was with Sauber.

♖ Fernando Alonso thinks that Gabriel Bortoleto is the best ‘rookie’ in the F1 circus.

♖ Valtteri Bottas is leaving F1 for the 2025 season, with Gabriel Bortoleto replacing him.

♖ The F1 Concorde Agreement allows for up to 25 races, but the FIA and F1 have confirmed that 24 is ideal.

♖ Yuki Tsunoda has been considered for the second Red Bull seat; however, it is widely reported that Liam Lawson is the most likely option.

♖ Max Verstappen has accumulated eight penalty points, and if he gets four more in 2025, he will be suspended from one GP.

♖ Ferrari has agreed with GM and TWG Global to supply their Cadillac F1 Team with power units and gearboxes starting in 2026.

♖ Charles Leclerc is bitterly disappointed that Ferrari failed to acquire the Constructors’.

♖ Carlos Sainz felt his final race with Ferrari was bittersweet.

♖ Starting next year, Kevin Magnussen will become a BMW M works driver in BMW M Motorsport’s LMDh programme.