And the F1 driver market continues to produce, with Mick Schumacher thrown a potential lifeline, while Yuki Tsunoda is in the same boat at Red Bull. All this and more, so let’s get to it…
Mick Schumacher in Audi F1 talks
One by one, it seemed as though Schumacher’s options to return to the grid in F1 2025 were disappearing. But, there could yet be a place for him at Sauber/Audi F1.
New boss Mattia Binotto – who worked with Mick at Ferrari – confirmed the German racer as an option with talks having been held.
Yuki Tsunoda a Red Bull F1 2025 contender again
With Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez contracted at Red Bull for F1 2025 and Tsunoda re-signed at junior team VCARB, it seemed just one seat was left to be filled for next season in the Red Bull fold. But, is a twist on the cards?
Tsunoda has never felt like a serious candidate to move up to the senior Red Bull team since joining the F1 grid in 2021, but Red Bull senior advisor Helmut Marko has said Tsunoda is now a contender again for a Red Bull F1 2025 seat, upping the pressure on Perez.
Read more – Helmut Marko makes surprise Yuki Tsunoda reveal over Sergio Perez’s seat
Oscar Piastri recalls awkward Lewis Hamilton cooldown room encounter
Piastri may only be in his second F1 season, but with nine podiums scored already, he is pretty accustomed to the cooldown room where the top three head to before the podium celebrations.
And the “most awkward” of the lot was this year’s Belgian Grand Prix, where he came across a not particularly “chatty” Hamilton.
