Gossip: Senna's Monaco F1 winner to go under the hammer

- A mystery buyer is said to be interested in acquiring Ayrton Senna's McLaren-Ford MP4/8 in which he won the 1993 Monaco Grand Prix, with an estimated sale price of £4.5 million. Despite speculation, the buyer is not four-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton (The Telegraph)

- Nigel Mansell has warned F1 cannot afford to lose Ferrari following quit threats from the manufacturer over the series' future direction (Sky Sports)

- Fernando Alonso has set an example that NASCAR drivers could learn from in their handling of the media and interactions with fans, according to a prominent American motorsport writer (The News Tribune)

- Alonso himself is interested in the possibility of trying out NASCAR in the future, adding to his wide repetoir of motorsport interests (USA Today)

- Ferrari junior Enzo Fittipaldi - the grandson of F1 legend Emerson Fittipaldi - will embark on a double Formula 4 campaign through 2018 with Prema Theodore Racing (Theodore Racing)