Formula 1 Gossip: Ricciardo explains why he left Red Bull

- Daniel Ricciardo has revealed more details about his decision to leave Red Bull for Renault and confirms he turned down McLaren because he felt the team was "just not there yet" (RACER) 

- A study is being carried out to work out whether Finland could host an F1 grand prix in future at its new MotoGP venue. (AKK-Motorsport, in Finnish) 

- Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas says he is “fully recharged” for the new F1 season after being able to “disconnect” from the sport over the winter break. (Twitter)

- Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean are set to switch race engineers for the upcoming 2019 F1 season (Ekstra Bladet, in Danish) 

- Two-time F1 world champion Fernando Alonso has been completing LMP1 testing with Toyota as continued preparations for the second half of the WEC super season (Reddit)