F1's silly season is ramping up and the latest rumours regarding 2021 - including the futures of George Russell, Sergio Perez and Mick Schumacher - leads our latest gossip column... 

- Sergio Perez to replace George Ruඣssell at Williams, Mick Schumacher to Haas alongside Nikita Mazepin, Nico Hulkenberg frontrunner for Red Bull and Pierre Gasly linked to Renault? These are the latest driver market transfer rumours doing the rounds🔜 for 2021 as the silly season looks set to ramp up ()

- Haas teဣam boss Guenther Steiner has conf🍃irmed that the US outfit is interested in the possibility of signing current Formula 2 championship leader Mick Schumacher () 

- F1’s ban on the use of high performance engine modes in qualifying has brought Red Bull♚ “a step closer” to ✅Mercedes, according to the team’s trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin () 

- Helmut Marko has told Sky Germany that the 2021 F1 calendar could begin in Asia and the Middle East with the opening rounds tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚaking place in China, Vietnam and Bahrain before the traditional curtain-raiser takes place in Australia () 

-&nbs🥂p;Meanwhile, the already postponed first ever inaugural Vie🐭tnam Grand Prix has now officially been cancelled by race organisers due to the “uncertainty” over the coronavirus pandemic () 

-♔ Renault’s F1 gains this season shows it can now be regarded as a serious challenger🍃, says team boss Cyril Abiteboul ()