F1 Gossip: ‘Valtteri Bottas talking to Red Bull and Renault’

In the latest F1 gossip, Valtteri Bottas' management holding talks with Red Bull and Renault, more details emerge about F1's revised calendar, and Daniel Ricciardo "craving" chance to win again...

- Valtteri Bottas, who is out of contract at the end of the year, is talking to Red Bull and Renault amid continued speculation linking Sebastian Vettel with the Finn’s seat at Mercedes for 2021, according to Sky Sports F1’s Ted Kravitz (Sky Sports) 

- More details have surfaced about F1’s plans for its revised 2020 calendar, with Hockenheim not set to feature in the first eight events, while two weekends in August have been reserved for possible races in Silverstone if the UK government exempts F1 from its new quarantine rules (AutoBild) 

- Current Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo says he is “craving” a chance to win an F1 race again, two years after his last grand prix victory in Monaco (RaceFans)

- McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has given Ricciardo the green light to make a sensational Bathurst 1000 debut alongside future teammate Lando Norris when he joins McLaren in 2021 (ESPN) 

- Max Verstappen and Norris will be teammates in the Virtual Le Mans 24 Hours race, which will be held on the original date of the endurance classic on June 14 (RACER)

- The FIA has set up an online 24-hour ‘ethics and compliance hotline’ for whistleblowers to report suspicious behaviour or concerns of possible misconduct in motorsport (Reuters) 

- Former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa says he is not surprised to see Sebastian Vettel leave Ferrari at the end of the 2020 season (Formula 1)