- Red Bull F1 consultant Helmut Marko has apologised for falsel𒐪y accusing Lewis Hamilton of making a mistake when crashing into the back of Max Verstappen at the Saudi Arabian G﷽rand Prix.

Marko originally claimed Hamilton “simply misjudged and dro🔜ve into Max’s car”.

He told : “At the time of the television interview, I p🍸assed on exactly the information I had previously received from the engineers.

“They obviously weren’t right, so I’m sorry.”

- Current FIA president Jean Todt has been linked with a return ꦚto Ferrari when his tenure comes to an end. 🔥()

Todt would return as a consultant - similar෴ to the role Niki Lauda had during his time with Mercedes. 

- According to the, Mercedes has ended its controversial sponsorship dea🍷l with Kingspan.

- According to , Red Bull tried one final upgrade𒈔 a﷽t the penultimate round in Jeddah in a bid to improve its straight-line speed.

It reported that: “This was a small adjustment to the underbod💯y. The aim was to reduce drag on the straights and thus gain a few extra kilometres per hour. However, the change cost too much downforce in the corners. And the disadvantage outweighed the benefits. Red Bull cut back. The data will be studied again in detail.”

- Former F1 CEO Bernie ♛Ecclestone believes Hamilton and🎃 Mercedes are not ‘playing fair’ with Verstappen in this year’s title race.

He told : "They have been pushing down all the time on Max and then the race directors have been looking in because Toto goes to the race director. Max has more than a race to confront as he has them too on his back because they are bullying him and not playing fair. It is psychological game playing."