F1 Today | Doohan dropped for Colapinto and Brundle discusses Verstappen's McLaren rivalry

Doohan attracted attention last weekend in Miami, after a collision in the first round with Liam Lawson. This ended the race for the Australian. On Monday, GPblog was already able to report that Doohan's position within the team was being evaluated. It is now clear that it's the end of the road for Doohan as a permanent driver.

Argentinian Colapinto will now get his chance. From the next race weekend in Imola, Colapinto will be Pierre Gasly's teammate. It will be his first F1 start since the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with Williams.

The Italian slid straight off the circuit and made many minor corrections on the artificially damp track in the lead-up to his incident. There didn't appear to be any damage on his vehicle as he went off after just avoiding the tyre barrier. He returned to the track after a lengthy reversing procedure.

It didn't seem to dampen his confidence all too much. When he returned to the track, the 18-year-old waved from his cockpit to the small number of fans present at the circuit.

Former F1 driver Martin Brundle has "absolutely no doubt" that Max Verstappen races Oscar Piastri differently to teammate Lando Norris on track.

"I think he knows there is something a bit more streetfighter about Oscar Piastri, and you saw it in Jeddah," the F1 pundit said on Sky Sports' 'The F1 Show' podcast.

The F1 commentator then went on to talk about how Piastri made the move on Verstappen to take the lead of the race, a move that had the former F1 driver applauding. "Piastri's overtake on Verstappen was set up for several corners, wasn't it? He'd worked it out over the laps; he followed him, and it was lap 14 when he got passed."