Saturday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes Max Verstappen\u2019s 2023 warning about the F1 2026 rules resurfacing as Oscar Piastri responds after a \u201cpretty close call\u201d saw the McLaren driver hit with an official warning from the FIA.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s fly through the day\u2019s main headlines at the speed of light\u2026<\/p>\n
Revisited: What Max Verstappen said about the F1 2026 rules in 2023<\/p>\n
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has been a vocal critic of the F1 2026 rules, warning that his unhappiness with the regulations could drive him away from Formula 1.<\/p>\n
Sour grapes? Not when he\u2019s been complaining about the regulations for nearly three years.<\/p>\n
Revisit what Verstappen said about the rules back in the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n
Read more: \u2018Pretty terrible\u2019 \u2013 The Max Verstappen F1 2026 warning that went ignored<\/a><\/p>\n Oscar Piastri admits to \u2018pretty close call\u2019 after official FIA warning<\/p>\n McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has joined calls for an urgent tweak to the F1 2026 rules on safety grounds following Oliver Bearman\u2019s accident at the Japanese Grand Prix.<\/p>\n It comes after Piastri himself had a \u201cpretty close call\u201d with Nico Hulkenberg\u2019s Audi at Suzuka last weekend.<\/p>\n Piastri was given an official warning by the FIA after impeding Hulkenberg on the approach to 130R in FP3.<\/p>\n Read more: Oscar Piastri lifts lid on \u2018pretty close call\u2019 after official FIA warning<\/a><\/p>\n Max Verstappen rules out switch to rallying after F1 career<\/p>\n Max Verstappen has ruled out following in the footsteps of his father Jos by taking up rallying after his F1 career.<\/p>\n Verstappen Sr won the Belgian Rally Championship in 2025, marking his first title triumph since he triumphed in the 2008 Le Mans Series.<\/p>\n The Red Bull F1 driver says rallying presents \u201ctoo high of a risk\u201d for him.<\/p>\n Read more: Max Verstappen explains why rallying risk rules out future switch<\/a><\/p>\n Jacques Villeneuve poses Michael Schumacher theory after F1 rivalry<\/p>\n Jacques Villeneuve believes his status as the son of a Ferrari icon may have added an extra edge to his rivalry with Michael Schumacher.<\/p>\n Villeneuve, the son of the late Gilles, was crowned the 1997 world champion following a fierce battle with Schumacher, who was in his second season with Ferrari.<\/p>\n Schumacher went on to win five consecutive titles with Ferrari from 2000.<\/p>\n