Max Verstappen has taken aim at Lewis Hamilton after the bitter rivals clashed on the race track again at the São Paulo Grand Prix to reopen old wounds between the pair. Meanwhile, George Russell ended Mercedes' win drought with an "emotional" maiden victory at the São Paulo Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen fears his remarkable run is poised to come to an end in the São Paulo Grand Prix after being crushed by Mercedes in the sprint at Interlagos. Meanwhile, Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer insisted Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon "let the team down" after both drivers plummeted from the top 10 through contact in the São Paulo Grand Prix sprint.

Fernando Alonso has revealed his plan to secure fourth position in the constructors' championship for Alpine and halt the threat posed by McLaren. Meanwhile, F1 is monitoring the current Covid situation in China as concerns grow over a return to Shanghai next season.

The Formula One circus is slowly but surely preparing for the 21st round of the world championship. Max Verstappen managed to take his 14th win of the season in Mexico and hopes to take the last two Grands Prix to his name as well. But in Brazil, Formula One will enter into a sprint weekend for the last time this year and so the pecking order on Sunday could look very different.

Lando Norris has backed Max Verstappen's criticism of F1's sprint race expansion while George Russell has expressed concern next year's Las Vegas Grand Prix may not live up to the hype for the F1 drivers but believes it will at least prove a draw for the fans.

Pierre Gasly must fear a race ban for the next seven months. The Frenchman currently has ten penalty points to his name, the first of which does not expire until May. Twelve will result in a suspension for one race weekend. And with his impending move to Alpine, the question then arises whether the AlphaTauri driver would not be better off deliberately looking for those last two penalty points in Brazil.

Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer has urged incoming driver Pierre Gasly to "be more careful" with the Frenchman facing a potential race ban ahead of his winter move while Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies has criticised the minimal impact on Red Bull of its budget cap breach punishment.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has warned that six F1 teams are in danger of breaching the budget cap for this year.

Christian Horner has confirmed that Lando Norris has been under consideration for a Red Bull seat on more than one occasion while Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has hit back at critics of the team's handling this season of Mick Schumacher whose F1 future remains in doubt.

Martin Brundle has insisted Sky Sports F1 colleague Ted Kravitz has his "full support" as the Red Bull boycott saga continues. Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton headlines a free all-day launch party for the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday.