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Ferrari ditch 'barcode' - but maintain innocence in tobacco row
Ferrari may continue to stress that there was never any intended 'subliminal advertising' message for Marlboro on its F10 - but ahead of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, the 'barcode' is gone

de la Rosa: We've had too much luck - all bad!
Pedro de la Rosa is looking for a change of fortune this weekend - at a track that has been notoriously unlucky for him!
Kubica has signed Ferrari 'option', reports claim
Felipe Massa's ears might be burning in Barcelona this weekend, as on the eve of the 2010 Spanish Grand Prix, reports coming out of Italy claim Robert Kubica has signed an 'option' with Ferrari to replace the Brazilian from 2011
Tailenders: Windsor and the ghost of failed F1 teams past
Following a couple of months away, Tailenders is back - and in this rib-tickling latest episode, USF1 co-founder Peter Windsor learns just how he will come to be regarded in the annals of motorsport history...
Alonso: Ferrari the favourites for F1 2010 crown
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso has broken the mould of the title protagonists downplaying their chances in F1 2010 - by contending that Ferrari is now favourite to clinch the crown
Briatore: Button been lucky so far, not one of F1's quickest
Jenson Button might be leading the world championship once again as the F1 2010 circus returns to Europe this weekend, but the McLaren-Mercedes star's efforts and victories thus far this season have clearly not impressed everyone...
Massa tipped to react, but Alonso would do it again
An unrepentant and defiant Fernando Alonso has said he would do exactly the same again as he did to Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa in the Chinese Grand Prix pit-lane - but BBC F1 commentator Martin Brundle has warned the Spaniard to 'expect a reaction' on home turf in Barcelona this weekend

Fisichella tests Ferrari F-duct
Giancarlo Fisichella runs with 'blown rear wing', Ferrari's version of the McLaren 'F-duct' system.
Button vs Hamilton like Prost vs Senna - minus the hatred
The battle developing between Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button at McLaren this season is not all that dissimilar to the Senna/Prost duel of two decades ago, opines 1996 F1 World Champion Damon Hill - only this time hopefully without the hatred...
Trulli: Lotus only at ten per cent of F1 potential so far
Whilst lamenting the fact that 'everything happens on my car and my car only' and that his experience at Lotus Racing thus far has fallen short of his expectations, Jarno Trulli remains convinced the F1 2010 newcomer has the potential to shine

How much is an F1 driver's thumb worth?
Fernando Alonso signs a new sponsorship deal with Santander which includes 10 million Euros of insurance cover - for his thumbs!

Brawn admits Mercedes 'got weight distribution wrong'
Ross Brawn has admitted that Mercedes Grand Prix's early-season difficulties in F1 2010 are down to a fundamental weight distribution design issue - albeit one that the Englishman hopes will soon be rectified

Ideas abound as F1 ponders engine change.
Gasoline Direct Injection and gas turbine engines among the suggestions being made for F1 engine of the future.
Comeback proves even Schumacher can't do magic
Michael Schumacher's former Benetton team-mate Jos Verstappen opines that the German legend's rather 'ordinary' return to competition in F1 2010 proves that even he cannot perform magic...

Odds lengthen for Schumacher victory in F1 2010
Sports betting provider Interwetten has lengthened the odds on the chances of record-breaking multiple world champion Michael Schumacher winning a race in F1 2010, off the back of another under-par performance from the German legend in the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai...

Alonso: Team's interest the most important thing
Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa have confirmed that neither has a problem with the other after their close call in pit-lane during the Chinese GP.
Briatore snubs Mosley olive branch, insists he's in the past
Having been contacted by his former arch-nemesis and ex-FIA President Max Mosley on the birth of his first child, Flavio Briatore insists he has 'no place' for the man who tried to get him permanently banned from F1 over the explosive 'Singapore-gate' race-fixing scandal
New role for Whitmarsh
In addition to his role at the head of Mclaren's F1 team, Martin Whitmarsh has taken on greater responsibility within the McLaren Group.
Ferrari: No dispute between Alonso and Massa
Ferrari management seek to play down suggestions that there are tensions brewing between Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in the wake of the Chinese Grand Prix as just the media 'trying to create bad blood'

Schumacher woes due to dodgy chassis?
Mercedes boss Norbert Haug says record-breaking multiple F1 world champion Michael Schumacher 'hasn't forgotten how to drive' and that the German will get a new chassis for Barcelona.
Hamilton: Relationship with dad 'not all smiles and happiness'
He might insist that there is no 'tension' following his management split from father Anthony, but acknowledging that the pair barely speak much any more, former F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has conceded that the pair's relationship is no longer 'all smiles and happiness'

Hamilton, Vettel escape penalty for pit battle
Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel get slapped wrists, but nothing more, from Chinese GP stewards after banging wheels in pit-lane.

Petrov scores first points with 'spectacular' and 'fighting' drive
Renault number two Vitaly Petrov silences the critics with an awesome drive to seventh at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Liuzzi blames traffic for Q1 exit
'Unfortunate' Vitantonio Liuzzi fails to progress to Q2 in his Force India VJM03 after getting caught in traffic - again...