F1 Gossip: Verstappen on not being "mad Max" in 2019

– Max Verstappen says he was “never Mad Max” despite outbursts last year as he looks to become Red Bull’s mature team leader in 2019 (Reuters)

– Mercedes technical boss James Allison gives in-depth comparisons between his team’s “clumsy and naïve” 2018 F1 car and this year’s W10 (Mercedes)

– Formula 1 bosses have been accused of sending “an appalling message” over abuses allegedly related to the Bahrain Grand Prix (BBC)

– Ferrari will drop Philip Morris’s Mission Winnow branding campaign for the Australian Grand Prix over fears on tobacco advertising laws (Reuters)

– Valtteri Bottas reveals how he reset and prepared for the 2019 F1 season in Lapland (Formula1.com)