23-race 2021 calendar presented to F1 teams, Max Verstappen informs Red Bull of preferred teammate for next season, and could a salary cap dent a new mega money Mercedes deal for Lewis Hamilton? It's all in the latest gossip column...

- A draft 2021 calendar comprising 23 rounds, two triple-he🐠a𓆉der events and a first-ever race in Saudi Arabia has been presented to F1’s 10 teams () 

- F1’s bid to introduce select reverse-grid qualifying races in 2021 has been voted down for a third time after a lack of support from teamsღ () 

- Max Verstappen has told Red Bull that Nico Hulkenberg would be his preferred  teammate for the 2021 F1 season, after the🅺 team’s bosses asked the Dutchman for his opin🙈ion about a possible successor to Alex Albon () 

- A salary cap could dent a new £40m-a-year Mercedes deal for Lewis Hamilton after F1 teams unanimously agree to limit drivers’ wages to £22m per seasoꦰn from 2023 () 

- Nico Rosberg has hailed Hamilton’s record 92nd F1 win and sporting longevity as a grea𝔍t achievement but said the way the Briton was using his platform to raise awareness for global issues is just as impressive () 

- Mercedes-Benz has announced it will make a major i𝓰nvestment in Aston Martin to up its stake from five percenไt to 20, in what executive chairman Lawrence Stroll described as “a transformational moment” for the company ()