- Lewis Hamilton has reached out꧋ to Max Verstappen to discuss their contrꦜoversial British Grand Prix collision, according to Ziggo pitlane reporter Jack Plooij.

Asked if Hamilton had reached out to Verstappen, Plooij, who was speaking as a gu🤡est on the , replied: “Yes, as far as I heard, he phoned him.

“The hardest issue on that Sunday was that Lewis was celebrating and Max was in the hospital. That hurt the Verstappen’s too much. Lewis was in front of me and I said ‘you know Max is in the hos🔯pital’ and then he looke𒁏d to his left where Rosa  [press officer] was standing and I had a little bit of a sense that maybe Lewis wasn’t exactly informed of how the situation was in that moment.

“I don’t know for sure, but that makes sense. Lewis is not the kind of guy to do this, but th🧔e people blame him. That’s not the guy I know.”

Speaking about Verstappen’s view of the reaction to the crash, Plooij added: “Max is not impressed by allܫ the stuff surrounding it. He only wants to beat Lewis fair and square on track. He ha𝐆s nothing to do with all these people who are shouting all these other things. He doesn‘t want to do any of that.

“I cannot speak for Lewis, but I know that Max is going to be acꦦting normal, like he always does. He doesn’t change. He’s more motivated, because of the loss of points, but he’s not motivated by the crash itself. He’s not a revenge type. He only wants to beat Lewis in Hungary.”

- Meanwhile, 2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button believes Hamilton and Verstappen♔ will continue to have more “feisty” battles with the “gloves off” in the 2021 title fight () 

- Two pre-season tests for the 2022 season are set to take place in Barcelona and Bahrai🥃n ahead of a potential double-header to kick off F1’s new era in the Middle East. Bahrain ꩲis likely to host the curtain-raiser, followed by a race in Saudi Arabia () 

- Honda F1 tꦺechnical boss Toyoharu Tanabe says its success with Red Bull this season has been built on the Japanese company’s previous failures () 

- Red Bull res🌠erve driver Alex Albon has admitted he cannot afford to spend a second year on the sidelines if he is to return to the F1 grid  on a ♕full-time basis ()