F1 Gossip: Red Bull's Marko claims Hamilton’s Monza injury was ‘a show’

Marko claims Hamilton’s injury was ‘a show’, plea for Italian government to help Giovinazzi keep seat, and could there be new countries on the calendar? It’s all in the latest F1 gossip…
F1 Gossip: Marko claims Hamilton’s Monza injury was ‘a show’

- ꦚRed Bull motorsport director Helmut Marko says Mercedes ‘put on a show’ about Lewis Hamilton ♍being injured following his collision with Max Verstappen in what he has described as being a “normal racing accident” () 

"It was a normal racing accident, all the 🦩stories surrounding it were pulled out of thin air by Mercedes,” Marko said.

“Verstappen ꦡhad already dropped out when Hamilton tried to get out of the gravel with the reverse gear. 

“The medical car saw this and drove on. And then a show is put on that ඣpoor Hamilton is suddenly𒊎 injured.”

- The director of the Automobile Club d’Italia, Angelo Sticchi Damiani, has requested financial support from the Italian government to h⛄𓂃elp Antonio Giovinazzi secure his Alfa Romeo seat for the 2022 F1 season () 

- Stefano Domenicali has revealed F1 is in talks with African countries and Korea oꦆver the possibility of staging future grands prix, but stressed he wants to keep the calendar to 23 races () 

- F1 teams ar﷽e pushing for a further increase in the minimum weight limit for next year’s cars ()

- Sky Sports commentator and ex-F1 driver Martiꦜn Brundle stands by his view that the collision between Verstappen and Hamilton at Monza was a racing incident () 

- A technical issue with Alpine’s F1 car prevented Daniil Kvyat from conducting the final🔥 run of a two-day 18-inch tyre test at Magny-Cour꧒s () 

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