F1 Gossip

United States GP

Date: Sunday, 20 October 2024

Track: Circuit of the Americas

♖ Formula One and Lego have announced a multi-year partnership that will launch in 2025.

♖ By elevating itself to a fully-fledged sponsor of Formula One from 2025, Santander.

♖ Finally, McLaren can provide Lando Norris with a car capable of fighting for the world title.

♖ Was Michael Andretti the problem with the FIA? F1 clarified that they would welcome Cadillac as a works team. A coincidence??

♖ Max Verstappen insists that swearing is a normal part of life and refuses to alter his personality to appease the FIA.

♖ Williams has posted a substantial financial loss for the 2023 financial year, evidently in line with expectations.

♖ Liam Lawson’s future has only been confirmed for the last six races of the season.

♖ Fernando Alonso says he’s unlikely to attempt the Indianapolis 500, sacrificing a chance at the Triple Crown.

♖ James Vowles states that in 2025, Williams will have the best driver lineup on the grid.

♖ Liam Lawson now has the opportunity to excite Red Bull and take over from Sergio Perez.

♖ Toto Wolff has been moulding Kimi Antonelli for the last six years.

♖ Aston Martin’s test and reserve driver, Felipe Drugovich, will make a free practice appearance at the upcoming Mexico City Grand Prix.

♖ Toto Wolff admits that his team needs help understanding why its performance varies.

♖ Lewis Hamilton is single-handedly responsible for 84 of Mercedes’s 128 Grand Prix victories.

♖ Alpine’s CEO, Luca de Meo, insists that the team is not for sale.

♖ Toto Wolff says his public courting of Max Verstappen has ended.

♖ Alpine is widely expected to switch to Mercedes in 2026.

♖ Zak Brown maintains he wouldn’t swap his Oscar Piastriand Lando Norris for anyone else.

♖ Max Verstappen could get a grid penalty because he took a new power unit before the season’s end.

♖ Lando Norris says he will not ‘play nice’ with Verstappen on the track despite their friendship.