Monday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes a Sky F1 pundit breaking rank as Helmut Marko poses a new theory on Christian Horner\u2019s Red Bull sack emerges.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s fly through the day\u2019s main headlines at the speed of light\u2026<\/p>\n
Sky F1 pundit Jenson Button urges Fernando Alonso to consider retirement<\/p>\n
Sky F1 pundit and 2009 world champion Jenson Button has told Fernando Alonso to consider retiring from F1 to \u201ccontinue the journey\u201d with children of his own.<\/p>\n
Alonso stands as the most experienced driver in the history of Formula 1 having made a total of 425 starts since his debut in 2001.<\/p>\n
His current Aston Martin contract is due to expire at the end of the F1 2026 season.<\/p>\n
Read more:\u00a0\u2018Come on, mate\u2019 \u2013 Fernando Alonso told to hurry up retirement as Sky F1 pundit breaks rank<\/a><\/p>\n Helmut Marko launches new Christian Horner criticism<\/p>\n Max Verstappen would have beaten Lando Norris to the F1 2025 world championship had Red Bull sacked Christian Horner earlier in the season.<\/p>\n That is the claim of former Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko, who says the team \u201chad to act\u201d on Horner given the poor performance of the Red Bull RB21 in the first half of the year.<\/p>\n Horner was abruptly dismissed by Red Bull in the aftermath of July\u2019s British Grand Prix, with Marko following him out the exit door exactly five months later.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0Christian Horner at centre of new Helmut Marko theory after Verstappen heartbreak<\/a><\/p>\n Audi F1 confirms official team name, livery launch date<\/p>\n Audi has confirmed its official team name and launch date for the F1 2026 season, as well as revealing its new logo.<\/p>\n The Swiss-based team will compete as Audi Revolut F1 team next season after the financial services company agreed a deal to become title sponsor earlier this year.<\/p>\n Audi will launch its official F1 2026 race livery in Berlin on January 20.<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0Audi confirms Berlin launch date and new logo for F1 2026 entry<\/a><\/p>\n Rumoured Red Bull RB22 design details surface<\/p>\n The new Red Bull RB22 car for the F1 2026 season is to feature a double-pushrod suspension layout, it has been claimed.<\/p>\n Formula 1\u2019s regulations will be overhauled next year as the chassis and engine regulations change simultaneously.<\/p>\n Red Bull will produce its own engines for the first time in F1 2026, with the newly established Powertrains division working in collaboration with US giant Ford.<\/p>\n