Thursday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes Lewis Hamilton pleading for fans to pray for his beloved dog Roscoe as Bernie Ecclestone responds to Felipe Massa\u2019s upcoming $82million legal challenge over the F1 2008 season.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s blast through the day\u2019s main F1 headlines at breakneck speed\u2026<\/p>\n
Lewis Hamilton pleads for \u2018thoughts and prayers\u2019 after \u2018scary few hours\u2019<\/p>\n
Lewis Hamilton has called for fans to send their \u201cthoughts and prayers\u201d after a \u201cscary few hours\u201d for his beloved dog Roscoe.<\/p>\n
Roscoe, 12, has been by Hamilton\u2019s side since his first season with the Mercedes F1 team in 2013.<\/p>\n
Hamilton posted an image to social media of the pet lying down having seemingly suffered a health scare.<\/p>\n
Read more:\u00a0Lewis Hamilton asks for \u2018thoughts and prayers\u2019 as beloved Roscoe suffers health scare<\/a><\/p>\n Bernie Ecclestone denies F1 cover up ahead of $82million Felipe Massa legal case<\/p>\n Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has denied that the sport\u2019s authorities attempted to hide the truth behind the \u2018Crashgate\u2019 Singapore 2008 race at the centre of Felipe Massa\u2019s $82million lawsuit.<\/p>\n It comes after Massa, the former Ferrari driver, claimed that it would be \u201cunacceptable\u201d if those in charge are found to have \u201cconcealed their own misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n Massa is reportedly seeking up to $82m (\u00a360m\/\u20ac68.7m) in damages.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0Bernie Ecclestone responds to $82m F1 lawsuit after \u2018unacceptable\u2019 Massa claim<\/a><\/p>\n Romain Grosjean to reunite with Haas for Mugello TPC outing<\/p>\n Former Haas F1 driver Romain Grosjean will reunite with the team for a TPC test at Mugello on Friday, it has been announced.<\/p>\n It will see Grosjean return to the cockpit of an F1 car for the first time since his grand prix career ended in a fiery accident at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.<\/p>\n Grosjean\u2019s fourth-place finish at the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix remains the best result in the team\u2019s 10-year history.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0Romain Grosjean returns as Haas confirms special F1 comeback test<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Unnecessary\u2019 Ferrari team order questioned after botched Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc swap<\/p>\n Jacques Villeneuve, the Sky F1 pundit and 1997 World Champion, believes Lewis Hamilton \u201cplayed it well\u201d by failing to swap positions with Charles Leclerc at the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.<\/p>\n Hamilton eased his pace on the approach to the finish line in Baku last weekend, but took the chequered flag marginally ahead of Leclerc, who had earlier agreed to Ferrari\u2019s request to let his teammate past.<\/p>\n Villeneuve believes Ferrari\u2019s decision to impose team orders was \u201cunnecessary\u201d, claiming that Hamilton\u2019s fresher tyres would have seen him pass Leclerc regardless.<\/p>\n