Formula 1 gossip: Hulkenberg, Arrivabene, Wolff & Coulthard

Lotus are considering "quite a few tasty drivers" as they seek a replacement for Romain Grosjean following confirmation of the Frenchman's move this week to F1 newcomer Haas. (Autosport) 

Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene has written an apology to governing body the FIA for the behaviour of team members after complaints that some had forced their way past security after the Singapore Grand Prix. (Motorsport) 

Nico Hulkenberg is sitting 11th in the F1 drivers' championship with 38 points

Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg says there is too much time set aside for practice during a grand prix weekend and believes it should be cut down. (Autosport) 
According to company accounts, each of the Mercedes F1 team's 700 staff received a minimum of £10,000 when they won the constructors' championship last year. (Daily Telegraph) 
Williams test driver Susie Wolff will rejoin forces with BBC Sport's F1 pundit David Coulthard for the 2015 Race Of Champions at London's former Olympic Stadium in November after the Team Scotland pair reached the 2014 final in Barbados. (F1today.net) 

 

Jenson Button before the Italian Grand Prix in Monza in September

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)