Red Bull junior driver Juri Vips is to be handed his debut practice outing with the team ahead of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer believes it is "inevitable" Carlos Sainz will be subjected to Ferrari team orders to aid Charles Leclerc's title challenge and Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes everything is "easier" for Max Verstappen this year.

Carlos Sainz's numerous crashes this year have been used as a counter-argument by Red Bull to Ferrari's budget cap concerns regarding its F1 rival as McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes F1 can currently claim to have 18 "spectacular" grands prix but there are five that do not come up to scratch.

Both Toto Wolff and Christian Horner have backed Formula 1 to become a more diverse sport with the Red Bull principle saying the team will back young emerging female talent behind the wheel while Wolff has insisted Mercedes will do whatever it can to increase diversity in F1, Grand Prix Drivers' Association chairman Alex Wurz has backed the FIA over its jewellery clampdown in F1 despite conceding he may have taken "a slightly different approach" and Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has revealed Mick Schumacher and Kevin Magnussen face a wait of 'four or five races' for upgrades to the VF-22.

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto expects the Scuderia to receive a "good boost" from its upgrade package at the Spanish Grand Prix, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes the championship battle between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc could 'go all the way' to Abu Dhabi and Williams has confirmed that Formula E world champion Nyck de Vries will replace Alex Albon for first practice at the Spanish Grand Prix.

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Toto Wolff believes there is an "easy route out" of Mercedes' current predicament with the team still lacking pace to Red Bull and Ferrari, Lando Norris hopes the FIA will 'learn from its mistakes' after failing to act upon F1 safety concerns at the Miami Grand Prix and Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes teams will have to "strategically" decide where to introduce upgrades this year due to the budget cap and "brutal" inflation.

Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has criticised the FIA race stewards for handing Fernando Alonso a "disappointing" penalty at the Miami Grand Prix without affording the team to present a case in defence as Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has explained why the team opted against pitting for fresh tyres during the late safety car period at the Miami Grand Prix.

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has suggested talks will take place regarding improvements to the Miami International Autodrome for its second event next year, including safety changes as Fernando Alonso has offered an apology to Pierre Gasly after effectively ending the AlphaTauri driver's Miami Grand Prix.

Reigning F1 world champion Max Verstappen made it three wins from five at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix after fending off a late Charles Leclerc charge. The Red Bull driver was comfortable in the lead until a late safety car period but still had plenty in reserve to close the gap at the top of the drivers' standings to 19 points. But during a feverous weekend that saw Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes hit trouble, what did we learn at the Miami International Autodrome?

F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali believes the sport is currently "on fire" following a Miami Grand Prix debut that delivered on all levels as Sergio Perez has urged Red Bull to get on top of its poor reliability record after revealing he almost retired from the inaugural Miami Grand Prix.