Formula 1 gossip: Grosjean, Ricciardo, Bottas, Alguersuari

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean has described Jenson Button's decision to stay in Formula 1 as "really good news for the grid". (Daily Mail) 

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo does not seem too impressed by the upgraded engine supplied by Renault as their fractious relationship continues. "It's better than what we've got now but I wouldn't get too crazy about it," he said. (f1today.net) 
Williams driver Valtteri Bottas says the team are turning their attention to 2016 with only five races remaining this season. ( GP Update  )

Jaime Alguersuari has quit motorsport to continue his DJ career

Jaime Alguersuari, 25, has quit motorsport to launch a career as a DJ. Alguersuari became the youngest F1 driver in history when he made his Toro Rosso debut in 2009 at the age of 19 years and 125 days, a record broken by Max Verstappen in 2015. (Fox Sports) 
Pre-season testing in F1 is set to start on 22 February next year. (Fox Sports) 
F1's reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton has posted a picture on Twitter after treating his dogs Coco and Roscoe to a pooches' spa day in London.

Lewis Hamilton's pampered pooches are treated to a spa

McLaren boss Ron Dennis says the whole team is "demotivated" at their lack of pace after Fernando Alonso's complaints during the Japanese Grand Prix. (Motorsport.com) 
Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery says his company would "think very heavily" about their future in the sport if the Red Bull and Toro Rosso teams were not on the 2016 grid. (Autosport) 
Formula 1 engines will be louder next year after the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved changes to the exhaust set-ups of cars. (Autosport) 
New American Manor driver Alexander Rossi says the United States Grand Prix in Austin on 25 October "can't come soon enough". (NBC Sports) 
We would not recommend this but Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo posted a video of himself dancing while driving. 
The rivalry between Mercedes' team-mates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has "diluted echoes" of that between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost at McLaren in 1988-89. (Motor Sport) 


Despite speculation about his future, Jenson Button says McLaren's difficult 2015 campaign has brought him and the team closer together. (Formula1.com) 
McLaren Group CEO Ron Dennis insists McLaren's partnership with Honda is the team's only possible means of returning to the front of F1. (Sky Sports) 
At the Japanese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg received a fifth of the coverage that Mercedes enjoyed in previous races, but F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone denies claims of a blackout. (Telegraph) 
Lotus driver Romain Grosjean believes his move to Haas F1 will see him finally record a maiden Formula 1 victory. (ESPN F1) 

Lotus's Twitter account had an interesting way of reacting to Romain Grosjean's announcement that he would be joining Haas F1

Ecclestone has warned that Red Bull could walk out of Formula 1 if European Union investigators demand that they hand back £46m in special payments. (Times - subscription required) 
However, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner feels Toro Rosso's situation in Formula 1 is more critical than his team's right now, as owner Dietrich Mateschitz considers pulling both of them out of the championship. (Autosport) 
ART Grand Prix team principal Frederic Vasseur says it would be "an absolute denial" of the ladder system in single-seater racing if GP2 champion-elect Stoffel Vandoorne, 23, fails to make it to Formula 1 in 2016. (Motorsport.com)