Saturday’s F1 news includes an update on Franco Colapinto after a 50G Las Vegas GP crash and Jos Verstappen’s vow to Red Bull amid those lingering rumours that Max Verstappen could join Mercedes in F1 2026.

Franco Colapinto was taken to the medical centre after a heavy collision with the wall in qualifying at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Argentine driver, who has been linked with a seat at Red Bull for 2025, was pushing to reach the top-10 shootout in Q2 on ...

Red Bull has admitted in public that it is sounding out what it would take to bring Franco Colapinto on board – but while a deal to extract him from Williams would be expensive, it could be the long-term solution to the team’s second driver conundrum in Formula 1.