F1 Today | FIA changes, Williams welcomes champions, Verstappen like Lauda

The start of winter testing is less than three weeks away, and with the impending livery reveal event in the O2 Arena in London, "F1 75", the world of F1 is grinding its gears, slowly but surely, to the new F1 season set to start in little oveer a month. As usual, GPBlog brings you the best news of the day.

The most recent trailer for the F1 movie starred in by Brad Pitt and produced by Lewis Hamilton was just release and the F1 paddock has spoken. Red Bull mechanic Calum Nicholas spoke about Hamilton's move to Ferrari and claims to be looking forward to seeing the Briton in red. Previously Nicholas had stated that he had no problem with saying the odd foul word in the paddock, something McLaren CEO, Zak Brown, partly disagrees with.

Max Verstappen got in trouble last year for using the word "fucked" in an FIA press conference last year. Former world champion Alain Prost, compares the Dutchman forthcoming character to that of late world champion, Niki Lauda. Williams Racing has confirmed the return of two world champions to its ranks ahead of the 2025 season and Mexico Grand Prix officials are concerned they may be ejected from the F1 calendar following Sergio Perez' dismissal from Red Bull Racing.

In an exclusive interview with Max Esterson, the young American driver who is set to complete his first full F2 season this year, puts himself forward as candidate for the 2026 new F1 entry, Cadillac. FIA announces changes to the Race Direction structure ahead of the 2025 season, Charles Leclerc's former engineer predicts a streong season for Ferrari and Red Bull star, Arvid Lindblad, sheds light on Helmut Marko's lofty goals for the Austrian team's junior drivers.