Max Verstappen throughout Thursday press convention on the Las Vegas Grand Prix – Picture: Pink Bull Content material Pool
In Las Vegas, Verstappen defined he was wanting into the potential of having the quantity ‘3’ on his automotive subsequent 12 months. “I do certainly have to get approval, so it’s a superb query which quantity I’ll be utilizing subsequent 12 months.
“My favorite quantity is 3, however I nonetheless have to attend and see if that’s truly attainable and permitted. I’ll see over the winter. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter that a lot to me,” Verstappen stated, in line with De Telegraaf.
The present guidelines state {that a} driver’s earlier quantity can solely be adopted as soon as they’ve departed the sequence for a minimum of two years, which Ricciardo will likely be shy of by round six months when the 2026 season commences.
GPblog has discovered {that a} rule about drivers switching numbers is just not but set in stone, and that the two-year wait will be waived. Solely then would Verstappen have the ability to change to #3 in ’26.
Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton in the course of the 2008 season. Picture: Race Footage
Felipe Massa’s 2008 title dispute can go to trial, a Excessive Court docket choose has dominated.
The ‘future litigation’ a part of the abstract of the choose’s determination states: “The choose warned that any future litigation wouldn’t essentially be “plain crusing”. Mr Massa would wish to beat numerous obstacles on causation.
“If profitable, Mr Massa may in precept get well damages for misplaced profession alternatives, however the courtroom can’t be requested to rewrite the end result of the 2008 Drivers’ World Championship.”
Carlos Sainz – Picture: Race Footage
Ex-Ferrari driver Sainz was requested by Sky Sports activities’ Ted Kravitz concerning the state of affairs and whether or not he might be extra open together with his criticism at Williams.
The Spaniard stated: “How do you say… That, Ted, is none of my enterprise. You recognize the frog that has the tea? That’s none of my enterprise.”
He then added: “You recognize the meme I am speaking about, that frog with a tea. That is actually me proper now.”
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