F1 News Today: Red Bull consider driver change as Vettel return confirmed

It is Italian Grand Prix week, and still nobody is quite sure who'll be driving the second Red Bull car alongside Max Verstappen from Friday onwards at the Italian Grand Prix.

Last time out at Zandvoort, that was Liam Lawson - filling in for Isack Hadjar after the Frenchman suffered a fractured wrist while training over the summer break.

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F1 legend Sebastian Vettel to make emotional Ferrari return at Monza

Sebastian Vettel will return to the racetrack in a Ferrari F1 car this weekend, much to the team's (and fans') delight.

The team are celebrating 30 years since Michael Schumacher's first Italian Grand Prix win in a Ferrari, putting on a number of tributes to the great seven-time champion at their home race this coming weekend.

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Red Bull announce Gianpiero Lambiase replacement as new signing confirmed

Red Bull Racing have announced a replacement for Gianpiero Lambiase, with Tom McCullough to join the F1 team from Aston Martin as their future Head of Racing.

Lambiase, who currently holds the title of Head of Racing alongside his duties as Max Verstappen's race engineer, is set to leave Red Bull no later than 2028, having signed to be Chief Racing Officer at McLaren.

Naturally, that leaves a huge void at Red Bull, but the Milton Keynes outfit have now filled it with the signing of McCullough from 2027.

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F1 champion's future in doubt as Button provides Alonso update

Jenson Button has admitted he still has no indication over whether Fernando Alonso will stay in F1 for another year.

Alonso is one of the last dominos to fall during Verstappen, Mercedes and every driver move">this year's silly season, having hinted he could retire in 2026 depending on the performance of the Aston Martin team this year - which has fallen well below expectations.

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New F1 track ramps up security as theft hits circuit just days before first race

Well, that's new.

With the first ever F1 race at the Madring now less than two weeks away, the track has suffered the theft of hundreds of meters of electrical cables.

ABC first reported that police are investigating the theft of some 300 meters of cabling, although it's not immediately clear what function the cables were intended to serve at the track – which could have been involved in timing equipment, broadcast feeds, track signal lights, or...well, anything. They're electrical cables.

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Toto Wolff opens up on the horrific crash that ended his professional racing career

Toto Wolff has opened up on the crash that ended his racing career in his early 20s.

The crash which sparked the decision, as it turns out, wasn't even one that the Mercedes team principal was involved in. Rather, it was the one at the 1994 Monaco Grand Prix which put his fellow Austrian Karl Wendlinger into a weeks-long coma.

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Ferrari's Monza tricks revealed to power Lewis Hamilton to Italian Grand Prix win

Ferrari at Monza, with their biggest challenger sent to the back of the grid? If this isn't the weekend that makes or breaks the team's title hopes, then the moon is purple.

As they do every race, the team from Maranello have been fine-tuning their cars for the specifics of the Monza circuit, which is a spiritual departure from the relatively technical, lower speed tracks in the Netherlands and Hungary where the last two races were held.

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Williams F1 face parts shortage after team-mates crash at Dutch Grand Prix

According to team principal James Vowles, Williams is facing a challenging period ahead as they prepare for the Italian and Spanish Grands Prix.

The team currently finds itself in a difficult spot with a shortage of spare parts, a problem that has left them scrambling. Vowles shared his thoughts during the team’s post-race review on the Vowles Verdict show.

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