Saturday’s F1 news includes Max Verstappen escaping an FIA punishment and the cause of Lewis Hamilton’s early Bahrain test exit. Let’s rattle through the day’s main headlines at breakneck speed… Williams junior Luke Browning was reportedly the target of Max Verstappen’s light-hearted middle-finger gesture during F1 2025 pre-season testing in Bahrain.

The FIA have moved to change their rules ahead of the 2025 F1 season, which will impact Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen's clever loopholes.

Hamilton and Verstappen went toe-to-toe in 2021 as both drivers competed for the title but it appears the controversial season left its mark on Mercedes. Toto Wolff’s promise to