Untelevised Mexican GP team radio has revealed how George Russell poked fun at an incident sparked by Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.

Sergio Perez believes his former team-mate Max Verstappen will finish the job and take the 2025 Formula 1 drivers' championship this year, adding that the Red Bull star "deserves" it after his form so far this season.

Crashgate is the biggest cheating scandal in Formula 1 history. FIA inquiries subsequently found Renault bosses Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds responsible and banned the former for life and the latter for five years, though French courts later overturned both penalties.

Having firmly believed that Max Verstappen was destined for Mercedes come F1 2026, McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown admits that prediction will no longer come to fruition.

Former F1 racer Ralf Schumacher has said that Mercedes ' public pursuit of Max Verstappen may have caused a rift between Toto Wolff and George Russell . Wolff has been after acquiring the services of Verstappen for much of 2025, before the Dutchman finally put the rumours to bed by confirming that he will be staying at Red Bull for next season.

When Lando Norris needed an advantage the most, his WDC competitors, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri, struggled in qualifying, suffering from different woes.

When Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen go at it on track, fireworks are guaranteed. That is the admission made by Helmut Marko.

Max Verstappen knows he needs to keep his surge of near-perfect results going if he is to succeed in claiming his fifth title this year.