{"id":875370,"date":"2026-08-31T20:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/875370\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:08:10","slug":"liam-lawson-italian-gp-update-mick-schumacher-and-romain-grosjean-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/875370\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Lawson Italian GP update; Mick Schumacher and Romain Grosjean clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was an eventful start to Italian Grand Prix race week. Liam Lawson<\/a> and Mick Schumacher feature prominently in the Monday headlines.<\/p>\n

Red Bull is readying a last-minute decision on whether Lawson<\/a> will be in the RB22 cockpit again at Monza. Meanwhile, there were Mick Schumacher and Romain Grosjean fireworks, as the former Haas drivers collided. All of this and more, so let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n

Red Bull decision on Italian GP drivers looms<\/p>\n

PlanetF1.com understands that Red Bull will decide on Wednesday whether Isack Hadjar it fit to return for the Italian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

If the answer is no, then Lawson appears primed to race again for Red Bull after an encouraging performance at Zandvoort.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 Liam Lawson Italian GP latest as Red Bull decision looms<\/a><\/p>\n

Untelevised Mick Schumacher footage after Grosjean crash<\/p>\n

Mick Schumacher and Romain Grosjean, both former Haas drivers, collided on the Milwaukee oval in IndyCar.<\/p>\n

Untelevised clips from the pit lane captured an apparent confrontation, and making of peace. That being said, Schumacher was brutally blunt in his comments on Grosjean after the race.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 Untelevised Mick Schumacher footage emerges after \u2018insane\u2019 Grosjean crash<\/a><\/p>\n

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris deals offer F1 future clue<\/p>\n

Two of Formula 1\u2019s biggest starts, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, recently penned long-term extensions at Red Bull and McLaren respectively.<\/p>\n

The so-called F1 \u2018silly season\u2019 is thus under the microscope of PlanetF1.com\u2019s Thomas Maher. Is this now a thing of the past?<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 What new Max Verstappen and Lando Norris contracts tell us about modern F1<\/a><\/p>\n

Lando Norris makes McLaren salary admission<\/p>\n

Norris would love for the internet figures on his new McLaren salary to be correct.<\/p>\n

The reigning world champion suggested that he does not earn as much as Lewis Hamilton or Verstappen. He has two opinions on this.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 Lando Norris McLaren salary: Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen admission made<\/a><\/p>\n

Carlos Sainz sets record straight on Audi F1 talk<\/p>\n

Another driver who decided to stick rather than twist was Carlos Sainz. He has signed a new multi-year Williams deal.<\/p>\n

So, to the elephant in the room. Was joining Audi F1 ever a realistic prospect for the four-time grand prix winner? The answer is clear.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2013 Sainz sets record straight on Audi F1 after Williams commitment<\/a><\/p>\n

Want to be the first to know exclusive information from the F1 paddock? Join our broadcast channel on WhatsApp<\/a> to get the scoop on the latest developments from our team of accredited journalists.<\/p>\n

You can also subscribe to the PlanetF1 YouTube channel<\/a> for exclusive features, hear from our paddock journalists with stories from the heart of Formula 1 and much more!<\/p>\n

Read next \u2013 Madring cable theft triggers police investigation ahead of F1 debut \u2013 report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was an eventful start to Italian Grand Prix race week. Liam Lawson and Mick Schumacher feature prominently…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,818,57190,3352,3553,44,918,85],"class_list":["post-875370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-home-page","tag-italian-grand-prix","tag-liam-lawson","tag-mick-schumacher","tag-news","tag-red-bull","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}