- In an interview with the , Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Ho🎀rner once agai🐎n questioned the FIA’s decision to replace Michael Masi.

“Was it right to fire him based on pressure that was placed on him 🐼from a 🎉rival team? That for me was wrong,” Horner said.

“That's tantamount to bullying. It's𝔍 passively ag🍷gressive.”

In the same interview, Horner expanded on hisඣ previous ‘bullying😼 comments’.

“We were on the receiving end of many of Michael's errors,” Horner added. “But he is in a high-pressure role in a high-pressure sport. But what it is unforgivable is the trolling, the abuse online, the d⭕🗹eath threats that he and his family had. That absolutely cannot be condoned in any way.

“That has nothing to do with the sport. It's just out-and-out bullying and I would not accept ๊that in any way within our organisation. That's why I spoke up for Michael because I felt that he had not had any support. He had not had any backing. That he'd been hung out to dry and that there was this concerted c🍸ampaign that was very passive-aggressively focused against him.

“I will always stand up for someone who is being bullied. Bullyinꦇg is not accepta♒ble.”

- Toto Wolff says Mercedes doesn’t regret ce♊lebrating the 2021 British Grand Prix while Max Verstappen was in hospital after a race-ending crash with Lewis Hamilton.

He told Sky Sports: “There wasn’t a 🌜lot of f🔥eeling of remorse on our side, because Lewis has given up corners much more often before where he shouldn’t have.

“If you’re sitting in the hospital shaken by a big impact, you’re not going to understand that the other team is cheering for their driver. But it was [L🐲ewis Hamilton’s] home race, ꦆa massive swing to our advantage in terms of points, and we knew that Max was OK.”

- Red Bull and Mercedes are set to bring significant upgrades to the second test in Bahrain. McLaren is eဣxpected to bring some new parts as well. ()

- Pietro Fittipaldi, F2 driver Jehan Daruvala, and Alpine reserve driver Oscar Piastri are in the running to replacඣe Nikita Mazepin at Haas. ()

- Williams boss Jost Capito says Jamie Chadwick needs to step up intoꦏ F3 and F2 ♈in the near future.

“It’s up to her how she develops her career. We support her path,” he said as reported by . “I think she had a few option♚s and if she wants to continue racing in the W Series, that’s her choice.

“If you still have Formula 1 as your goal, then you have to go through Formula 3 and Formula 2 at s🎃ome point.”

💫- Pirelli꧒ has announced the tyre compound allocations for the opening three races of the season.

The tyr🃏e choices are in! One set of so🌳fts must be saved for Q3: the drivers qualifying in the top 10 then have to return them. One set each of mediums and hards must be kept for the race; all drivers are obliged to use at least one of those sets.

— Pirelli Motorsport (@pirellisport)