Williams junior Luke Browning is reported to have been the target of Max Verstappen’s light-hearted middle-finger gesture during F1 2025 pre-season testing in Bahrain.

And the Red Bull driver is set to escape punishment for the act despite the FIA’s recent clampdown on driver misconduct.

Onboard footage of Verstappen’s car showed the reigning World Champion making the gesture as he passed the Williams pit wall during testing on Friday.

A hydraulic issue with the Ferrari SF-25 forced the team to curtail Lewis Hamilton’s running on the final day of F1 2025 pre-season testing in Bahrain, it has been claimed.

Hamilton’s running ended with around 40 minutes left on the clock on Friday, with Ferrari confirming to PlanetF1.com that an “anomaly” on the data forced the team to stop as a “precaution.”

A report in Italy suggests that a hydraulic problem caused Hamilton’s stoppage.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Ferrari are the “standout” team on the F1 2025 grid for introducing a number of different concepts with the F1 2025.

While most teams have opted for stability for the final season of the current regulations, Ferrari have produced what Fred Vasseur has described as a “completely new” car for 2025.

The SF-25 sees Ferrari move to the pullrod front suspension layout favoured by McLaren and Red Bull over recent years.