Max Verstappen has hinted that some F1 teams might have broken technical rules in 2024, but stopped short of making a direct accusation.
As Red Bull's form slumped through the season, the team was engaged in a technical tit-for-tat with major championship rival McLaren, especially over flexi front and rear-wings, Red Bull's front ride-height bib adjuster and finally the claim that some teams had been using water to cool their tyres.
READ MORE: Verstappen suspects F1 rivals of illegal tricks in title fight
Key Red Bull figure drops first hints about new RB21 car
Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache believes the 2025 RB21 F1 machine will not be revolutionary in the team's first post-Adrian Newey design.
Chief technical officer Newey quit mid-way through 2024, placing Wache even further in the heart of designing the RB21, the car Max Verstappen hopes will guide him to a fifth world drivers' title.
READ MORE: Key Red Bull figure drops first hints about new RB21 car
Marko offers Lawson blunt advice to avoid Red Bull exit
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has bluntly advised Liam Lawson to quickly "accept that Verstappen is the best", to avoid a similar fate to Max Verstappen's former team-mates.
All of the four-time world champion's former Red Bull team-mates have been unable to consistently match him, something Marko does not want Lawson to immediately target.
READ MORE: Marko offers Lawson blunt advice to avoid Red Bull exit
Former Ferrari boss reveals Alonso pain
Former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has revealed that Ferrari's competitive performance in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix left him "feeling bad" for Fernando Alonso.
Di Montezemolo's guilt is in regard to Alonso losing the 2010 drivers' title by just four points to four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel.
McLaren hits back at Red Bull in tyre trick response
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has maintained that allegations levied against the Woking squad during the 2024 F1 season were "disinformation" and "completely absurd".
Specifically, the Italian highlighted the suspicions of water being injected into the McLaren tyres to manage temperature, underlining that such stories come with being at the front of the pack.
READ MORE: McLaren hits back at Red Bull in tyre trick response
First details of Hamilton's radically new Ferrari revealed
The Ferrari car Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will drive in 2025 will be radically different from the '24 machine.
The most obvious change, and one known for some time is the change from push-rod suspension at the front to pull-rods, complete with a front-of-chassis re-design.
READ MORE: First details of Hamilton's radically new Ferrari revealed
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