F1 news: Huge Max Verstappen offer as Aston Martin confirm rumour and Lewis Hamilton risks penalty

The final race weekend of this first triple-header of 2025 is here. The is the fifth round of the season and there has been plenty to talk about in the build-up to the race.

There's no escaping the biggest story in the paddock right now - intense speculation over the future of . He has a contract until 2028 but it's also known there are exit clauses within that deal which would allow him to leave if the performance of the team is not good enough.

And right now they are certainly not doing as well as the Dutchman would like them to be. Though Verstappen says he is happy at Red Bull for now, he has been clear in his dissatisfaction with their level of performance so far this season.

Could that lead to the Dutchman deciding to consider his options? Possibly. And seem to have already seen enough to try to test the waters, with Italian media reporting a £225million three-year contract offer is on the table to try to convince Verstappen to join.

Elsewhere, has already been getting himself into trouble with Jeddah including a run-in with the stewards after a rival accused the driver of a "dangerous" move on track. Mirror Sport has all the headlines:

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Verstappen subject of record-breaking offer

Aston Martin are said to be willing to smash the F1 record for a driver's salary by to convince him to quit Red Bull. And though they said it was just a rumour, from Italian news outlets.

insists and that Verstappen will still be racing for Red Bull in 2026. But those exit clauses in his contract are said to become active this summer and so we could be in for a blockbuster transfer saga as the season progresses.

Hamilton avoids Jeddah penalty

Hamilton wasn't the most popular driver on track during Friday practice in Jeddah, particularly in the garage. He managed to annoy both their drivers with first and then labelling the Brit's actions on track as being "dangerous".

The stewards let the first one go, despite Sainz having to back out of a lap after coming across the slow-moving Ferrari at a high-speed section of the track. , which saw Albon have to take evasive action to avoid a collision, but determined after a hearing that no further action was necessary.

Aston Martin confirm Newey rumour

Another rumour swirling in the paddock recently suggested . And that has now been confirmed with team principal Andy Cowell telling reporters in Jeddah that the celebrated design guru is fully focused on their long-term plans.

"One hundred percent of Adrian's designing time is focused on 2026," he said. So it looks like another year of waiting for , who turns 44 in July and is running out of time to challenge for the title again in F1.

McLaren accused of failing Norris

has been brutally self-critical of late, particularly following his underwhelming performances in Bahrain last weekend. And pundit as a regular for the broadcaster, thinks .

"Why isn't everyone around him telling him that? And why isn't he telling himself that?" she asked on air in the Jeddah paddock. "Okay, we all make mistakes, but it's this constant beating himself up every time that's only going to get worse."