Thursday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes a double Sky F1 announcement as Aston Martin\u2019s Adrian Newey casts an F1 2026 season prediction.<\/p>\n
With Ferrari\u2019s reserve driver eyeing a return to an F1 race seat, and the first details of Felipe Massa\u2019s legal case emerging, here\u2019s today\u2019s roundup\u2026<\/p>\n
Sky F1 pundit and 2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button to retire from motorsport<\/p>\n
Jenson Button, the 2009 F1 world champion, is to retire from motorsport following next weekend\u2019s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain.<\/p>\n
Button remains one of the most recognisable names in the modern era of F1 having made 306 grand prix starts between 2000 and 2017.<\/p>\n
The former Honda, Brawn GP and McLaren driver has worked as a Sky F1 television pundit over recent years.<\/p>\n
Read more:\u00a0Jenson Button confirms pro racing retirement with one last race<\/a><\/p>\n Zhou Guanyu still hopeful of F1 race seat return<\/p>\n In an exclusive interview with PlanetF1.com, Ferrari reserve driver Zhou Guanyu has reiterated his desire to a return to a race seat in the future.<\/p>\n Zhou was left without a seat for the F1 2025 season after Sauber opted for an all-new driver lineup of Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto ahead of the team\u2019s Audi F1 rebirth.<\/p>\n Zhou, who became the first-ever Chinese driver to race in F1 in 2022, joined Ferrari in a backup role for this season.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0Ferrari driver\u2019s unfinished business: F1 grid comeback dream revealed<\/a><\/p>\n Adrian Newey casts F1 2026 prediction ahead of Aston Martin AMR26 arrival<\/p>\n Adrian Newey fears the \u201cchances are\u201d that next year\u2019s pecking order will remain largely unchanged despite the new F1 2026 rules.<\/p>\n The chassis and engine regulations will be overhauled simultaneously next year as F1 embraces 50 per cent electrification, fully sustainable fuels and active aerodynamics.<\/p>\n Newey is currently leading the development of the Honda-powered AMR26 car having officially linked up with Aston Martin in March this year.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0Adrian Newey feeling Red Bull \u2018deja vu\u2019 as F1 2026 push ramps up<\/a><\/p>\n Felipe Massa 2008 legal case branded \u2018tortuous\u2019 as first details emerge<\/p>\n Felipe Massa\u2019s legal case against the outcome of the 2008 F1 world championship has been branded \u201cas torturous as it is overly ambitious.\u201d<\/p>\n Massa is seeking $82million after losing the 2008 title to Lewis Hamilton by a single point, with the former Ferrari driver\u2019s case revolving around the events of that year\u2019s controversial Singapore Grand Prix.<\/p>\n John Mehrzad KC, representing the FIA at London\u2019s High Court, described Massa\u2019s claim as \u201cas torturous as it is overly ambitious\u201d and said it \u201cconspicuously overlooks a catalogue of his own errors\u201d in 2008.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0Felipe Massa $82m court case deemed \u2018torturous\u2019 as legal attempt to topple Lewis Hamilton doomed \u2018to fail\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Liam Lawson booed at Mexican Grand Prix as fan footage emerges<\/p>\n Fan footage has revealed that Lando Norris was not the only driver to be booed at last weekend\u2019s Mexican Grand Prix, with Liam Lawson also treated to a hostile reception by the crowd.<\/p>\n It comes after the New Zealander replaced home hero Sergio Perez at Red Bull Racing ahead of the F1 2025 season.<\/p>\n Norris, the McLaren driver, was controversially booed during the post-race celebrations after securing his sixth victory of 2025 in Mexico.<\/p>\n