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Sports Mole rounds up all of the latest news regarding Formula 1 on Wednesday, October 14.

Wednesday morning's Formula 1 news roundup:

Albon, Ocon, Russell heat up 2021 driver market

F1's 2021 driver market is hotting up once again.

Red Bull has been supporting the struggling Alex Albon this year, but Dr Helmut Marko is now admitting that Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez are under consideration for 2021.

"We are open to all sides," the top team official told Servus TV.

"Until now, we have always used drivers from our own junior team but there are none at the moment. So we may have to do what most of the other teams do and go for established drivers."

The latest rumours suggest Marko would not dump Albon from the F1 program altogether, but instead send him back to Alpha Tauri to be rookie Yuki Tsunoda's teammate.

But even Max Verstappen was critical of Albon after the Nurburgring, especially in light of his radio comments criticising how "hard" Gasly fought him on the track.

"He should expect this," the Dutch driver told racingnews365.nl. "Alex took his place on the team so it makes sense that Pierre wants to complicate his life."

Hulkenberg is also being linked with Red Bull's second team, as he commented: "Who knows. Time will tell but I think it's going to take a while."

Either way, Pierre Gasly is now being linked with a sensational move to Renault, to replace fellow Frenchman Esteban Ocon.

And that's not the only new movement on the 2021 market.

Sergio Perez is reportedly out of the running at Haas, but the experienced Mexican and his sponsors could sign up at Williams.

He would replace George Russell, because Nicholas Latifi is powerfully backed by his wealthy father Michael. Latifi's company Sofina is featured on the rear wing.

Finally, Perez and Haas' Kevin Magnussen are being linked with a move to Indycar with the Meyer Shank Racing outfit. F1 owner Liberty Media has just bought into that team.

"The investment by Liberty Media will enable us to continue to build and develop our programs," said team co-owner Mike Shank.

Rumours of 'conflict' between Binotto and Resta

Rumours of "conflict" between members of Ferrari's senior management are emerging.

Amid the Maranello based team's competitive slump in 2020, the highly respected Italian journalist Alberto Sabbatini has been quoted as saying team boss Mattia Binotto and designer Simone Resta are at odds.

"They say there is friction between Binotto and Resta," he told the Italian podcast Pit Talk.

"We have seen the appearance of such cracks in the team several years ago, but the difference then was that it happened when everything was going well."

Sabbatini, the editor at Autosprint, suggests that the solution to such conflicts should be the appointment of "an authoritative person from the outside".

He believes the current management missed a trick when a secret agreement with the FIA resulted in a huge drop in engine performance for 2020.

"I do not understand why Ferrari did not use its political weight or any other weapon to deal with the situation and have the possibility to develop the engine," said Sabbatini.

"Todt or Montezemolo would never have allowed it, but rather would have used their charisma and political weight to recover part of the penalty they suffered."

More news from Formula 1:

Tuesday's sporting social: Jamie Vardy, Paul Pogba take part in latest craze The 'How it started v How it's going' has taken over social media in recent weeks. Read more.

Fernando Alonso makes Formula 1 comeback in private test for Renault Fernando Alonso completed 21 laps at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on Tuesday. Read more.

Sir Jackie Stewart: 'I am not knocking Lewis Hamilton's achievements' Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher's record of 91 Formula One Grand Prix victories at the weekend. Read more.

Stewart denies 'knocking down' Hamilton Sir Jackie Stewart has denied having a 'bee in his bonnet' about Lewis Hamilton. Read more.

'Oversupply' of drivers seeking seats - Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg is not hopeful he will return to Formula 1 full-time next year. Read more.

Alonso admits not back to full speed in F1 car Fernando Alonso is not worried about failing to get back up to speed ahead of his return from a two-year sabbatical in 2021. Read more.

Verstappen not 'frustrated' with 2020 season Max Verstappen insists he is not getting "frustrated" even if wins remain out of his reach at present. Read more.