F1 gossip: Verstappen, Williams, Hamilton, Liberty Media

Williams technical chief Paddy Lowe says Red Bull outcast Daniil Kvyat has joined the list of drivers under consideration for a 2018 seat alongside Lance Stroll. (ESPN), external

Liberty Media has revealed details of how it intends to reduce the costs associated with competing in the sport. (NESN), external

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen wants to dominate F1 rather than have to battle for positions. (Autosport), external

McLaren staff were surprised when Lewis Hamilton was promoted to F1 for the 2007 season. (Autosport), external

Team principal Frederic Vasseur says he expects to make Sauber's 2018 F1 driver announcement "soon", with one of Ferrari proteges Charles Leclerc and Antonio Giovinazzi set for the first seat. (Eurosport), external

The Mexican Grand Prix organiser has ruled out moving the race to June and being paired with the Canadian GP despite a request from the US organisers. (PlanetF1), external

Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn believes Lewis Hamilton can challenge Michael Schumacher's all-time records of wins and world titles before retiring. (Sky Sports), external

Four-time world champion Hamilton says the threat of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen will make him "raise the game to another level" in 2018. (PlanetF1), external

Force India driver Sergio Perez says the team should let him and Esteban Ocon race each other again before the 2017 season ends so they can show they can be trusted. (Autosport), external

Red Bull are prepared to wait for Daniel Ricciardo to make his decision about staying with the team beyond 2018, according to team boss Christian Horner. (Salzburger Nachrichten via Sports Mole), external

Murray Walker says that Lewis Hamilton is "the best driver of his generation", but that the accolade for Britain's greatest still goes to Sir Jackie Stewart. (f1i.com), external

Lewis Hamilton is confident that he will sign a new contract with Mercedes. The four-time champion's current contract expires at the end of next season. (IBTimes), external

Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivanene believes that minor changes will be enough for Ferrari to push for the title next season after its 2017 championship challenge unravelled. (GPUpdate), external

F1 legend Emerson Fittipaldi thinks Fernando Alonso could have a title-winning car on his hands next year. McLaren is switching from Honda to Renault power for 2018. (F1Today), external

Mercedes' team chairman Niki Lauda says that the 2018 Mercedes car will 'suit Valtteri Bottas better' than this year's model. (Sports Mole), external

World champion Lewis Hamilton deserves a knighthood after winning his fourth world title, says 1992 world champion Nigel Mansell. (Talksport), external

Mercedes driver Hamilton celebrated by flying his family and friends to Miami before a big party at a nightclub. (Daily Mail), external

Hamilton says he has no intention of copying Nico Rosberg, who retired after winning the world title in 2016.(RTE), external

Red Bull boss Christian Horner said Max Verstappen got "bored" during Sunday's victory in Mexico as it was so easy for him. He finished nearly 20 seconds in front of Valtteri Bottas. (Motorsport.com), external

Haas driver Kevin Magnussen said his eighth place in Mexico felt "like a victory".(F1i.com), external

Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul admitted his firm "made an error in the judgement" in the preparation of their engines for the Mexican Grand Prix. Nico Hulkenberg suffered an engine failure as did the Renault engines in Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull and Brendon Hartley's Toro Rosso.(Autosport), external

McLaren driver Fernando Alonso says Lewis Hamilton's path to a fourth world title this season was "very easy" as the Mercedes man had "no opponents". (Planet F1), external

Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne says former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone's claim that governing body the FIA and Mercedes had helped the Italian team be more competitive were "unadulterated hogwash". (Autosport), external

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, meanwhile, laughed off the claim, saying Ecclestone is "the only one who is able to sit on the other side of the world and throw a hand grenade and it actually lands in the paddock". (ESPN), external

Daniil Kvyat is one of the candidates for a Williams seat in 2018, says the team's technical boss Paddy Lowe. (Motorsport.com), external

Force India chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer says the team could lose driver Esteban Ocon to Mercedes at the end of the 2018 season. (F1i.com), external