Friday’s fast-paced F1 news includes Lando Norris being accused of throwing his toys out of the pram as a theory emerges after Adrian Newey was spotted studying the McLaren MCL39.

With an exclusive interview with one of the key FIA figures behind the F1 2026 rule changes, and talk of Daniel Ricciardo returning to Red Bull once again, here’s today’s roundup…

Lando Norris accused of throwing ‘toys’ out of the pram

McLaren driver Lando Norris has thrown the “toys” out of the pram after McLaren’s team orders drama at the Italian Grand Prix.

That is the claim of former McLaren design engineer Mark Lane, who was unimpressed by Norris’s comments at Monza.

Lane was responding to a viral PlanetF1.com post on social media, which quotes Norris as claiming that McLaren’s ‘papaya rules’ policy is

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