Next rumoured F1 driver move complete with Horner salary details uncovered

The Brazilian Grand Prix brought to an end a chaotic Formula 1 triple header — our penultimate of the season.

Take a breather and catch up on the latest F1 news headlines from the weekend.

F1 news: It’s the end of the F1 road for Valtteri Bottas

Valtteri Bottas is set to lose his Sauber seat for the F1 2025 season, with Audi F1 reportedly poised to confirm the signing of McLaren junior Gabriel Bortoleto.

Audi F1, who will take over the existing Sauber team in F1 2026, remain the only non-Red Bull team yet to officially confirm their driver lineup for next season.

Read more: Valtteri Bottas out as Audi F1 complete exciting F1 2025 driver line-up – report

F1 news: Christian Horner is getting a big raise at Red Bull

Christian Horner has cemented his status as the highest paid F1 team principal, with Red Bull’s accounts revealing that he received an 11 per cent pay rise in 2023.

Red Bull produced the most dominant season in history in F1 2023, winning 21 out of a possible 22 races as Max Verstappen, with a record 19 victories to his name, eased to a third consecutive World Championship.

Read more: Significant Christian Horner pay rise revealed in latest Red Bull accounts

The 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix by the numbers:

? Lando Norris telemetry data shows the start of his Brazilian GP downfall

? Revealed: Six crazy Max Verstappen stats from insane Brazilian Grand Prix win

F1 news: A cool $1m on offer for the person who can figure out what happened to Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton has vowed to offer a $1million prize to anyone who can work out why the Mercedes W15 remains so inconsistent at this late stage of the F1 2024 season.

Having suffered two consecutive winless seasons in 2022/23, Hamilton returned to the top step of the podium earlier this year by taking an emotional home win at his home race at Silverstone.

Read more: Lewis Hamilton offers $1m prize for answer to mystery Mercedes W15 question

F1 news: No surprise if Lando Norris changes his mind on Verstappen Brazil win

Martin Brundle believes Lando Norris will change his view of Max Verstappen getting slightly “lucky” during the Brazilian Grand Prix, as the Red Bull driver was “in a class of one” on Sunday.

Verstappen rose from 17th on the grid to take an unlikely victory in wet conditions at Interlagos, with Norris slipping to sixth place after starting from pole position – and the timing of a red flag stoppage leading Norris to his claim of Verstappen having luck on his side.

Read more: Brundle responds to Norris’ ‘lucky’ claim with Verstappen ‘in a class of one’