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Raikkonen crashes out of Arctic Rally
Kimi Raikkonen's competitive rallying debut for Citro?n does not last long, as the 2007 F1 World Champion crashes out of the Arctic Lapland Rally on only stage two - but not before catching the eye first...
Whitmarsh reveals fear of 2007 F1 repeat for McLaren
McLaren-Mercedes team principal Martin Whitmarsh acknowledges the need to carefully manage the battle between Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in F1 2010 - in order to avoid gifting the title away to a rival as happened three years ago...

McLaren unveils F1 title challenger
Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton have taken the wraps off the car they hope will return them - and McLaren - to the top of the world.

di Montezemolo: I authored Schumi exit.
Luca di Montezemolo discusses Michael Schumacher's defection to Mercedes, the strength of Ferrari's current line-up - and the possibility of Valentino Rossi moving to F1...
Ferrari test role counted against Fisichella, admits Sauber
Sauber team owner Peter Sauber has explained just what it was that earned Pedro de la Rosa the second seat alongside Kamui Kobayashi at Hinwil in F1 2010 over rivals Giancarlo Fisichella and Nick Heidfeld...

Campos Meta 1 to miss pre-season tests?
Campos Meta 1 says everything is 'going to plan' - but that the Bahrain Grand Prix will be a 'test', not the first race for them.
Coulthard: Eddie Jordan is 'special'...
BBC F1 pundit David Coulthard reveals that after surviving a year in his new job, he is now ready for a second season alongside 'special' case Eddie Jordan - but a racing return may not be far away...

Bortolotti: I'm not ready for F1 - yet
Mirko Bortolotti says he is not thinking about F1 - and insists Formula Two is his 'major option' for 2010.
Technical chiefs agree to double-diffuser ban
Double-diffusers - an innovation that threatened to turn the first half of the 2009 F1 World Championship campaign into a political battleground - are to be outlawed from 2011, the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) has agreed

Mercedes unveils livery for 2010
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 team with Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg presented at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.
Kovalainen: I'm better than I looked at McLaren
Heikki Kovalainen has a reputation to rebuild in F1 2010, after two years of it being slowly destroyed by McLaren-Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Beginning afresh with newcomer Lotus, the much-maligned Finn is confident he can play himself back into the game
FIA grants Schumacher car number swap request
Michael Schumacher will indeed drive car No.3 in the 2010 F1 World Championship, after governing body the FIA agreed to his request to lumber the 'unlucky' No.4 upon Mercedes Grand Prix team-mate Nico Rosberg instead
Sauber 'kept word', reveals happy de la Rosa.
Pedro de la Rosa has paid tribute to Peter Sauber's integrity during their negotiations over an F1 race seat for 2010.

Schumacher pulls rank to avoid 'unlucky' number
Michael Schumacher has asked governing body the FIA to be allowed to swap car numbers with Mercedes Grand Prix team-mate Nico Rosberg ahead of F1 2010, to be No.3 instead of No.4. Car No.4 has never won the world championship...
Schumacher: Three-year break has made me stronger
If his rivals were not already nervous enough about what has been described as the greatest comeback in sporting history, Mercedes Grand Prix returnee Michael Schumacher has asserted that his break from F1 has only made him stronger
USF1 admits it is 'doing things differently'
USF1 senior designer Scott Bennett has admitted that as it prepares for its maiden campaign of competition in the top flight in F1 2010, the under-fire American newcomer is very much ploughing its own furrow
See the sexiest show girls from Autosport International 2010!
The Autosport International show traditionally offers the first glimpse of the year's hottest pit and paddock babes - and the 2010 edition was no different, as these pictures prove...

Klien retains hope of race seat in 2010 despite Sauber snub
Christian Klien insists he is not disappointed at being beaten to the second Sauber seat in F1 2010 by Pedro de la Rosa - and argues he still has 'a fair chance' to rejoin the grand prix grid this season, possibly with Renault...

Whitmarsh elected new chairman of FOTA
McLaren-Mercedes team principal Martin Whitmarsh has officially been announced as the new chairman of the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA), replacing Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo in the role
Coulthard: Button has put his balls on the line
As a man who has raced against both of them before hanging up his grand prix helmet just over a year ago, David Coulthard suggests defending world champion Jenson Button has 'put his balls on the line' in going directly up against Lewis Hamilton at McLaren-Mercedes in F1 2010

Fisichella set to ink deal with Sauber for F1 2010?
Reports suggest Ferrari test and reserve driver Giancarlo Fisichella is now odds on to return to Sauber in 2010.

Brawn will determine driver status in F1 2010, says Mercedes
Daimler AG chairman Dieter Zetsche has confirmed that Ross Brawn will be at liberty to decide as to whether there is a hierarchy between Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg at Mercedes Grand Prix in F1 2010

Korean tyre-makers in battle to replace Bridgestone?
A brace of Korean manufacturers are bidding to replace Bridgestone as the sole tyre-supplier to F1 from 2011 onwards - but if governing body the FIA gets its way, the Japanese company won't leave after all