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de la Rosa in Force India F1 frame for `09?
Pedro de la Rosa has refused to comment on mounting speculation that he is being considered for a return to Formula 1 with Force India in 2009 - even if he has admitted that 'what [he] really wants to do is to race'.
Montreal F1 bail-out needed `very soon`.
A financial bail-out is needed 'very soon' if the Canadian Grand Prix is to return to the Formula 1 calendar in 2009, it has been urged - as supporters rally round to save the race's immediate future.
Raikkonen admits he lost `interest` in F1 in `08.
Kimi Raikkonen has confessed that he struggled to maintain his motivation during the 2008 Formula 1 season - one that saw him not so much concede his crown as practically throw it away.
Kubica: `No clue` as to late slump in form.
Robert Kubica has admitted that he still cannot explain his sudden slump in form towards the end of the 2008 Formula 1 season - a drop-off so serious that it saw him fail to qualify inside the top ten for the final two races and almost indeed fall victim to the dreaded Q1, score no points in two
Kennard tests Williams.
Former British F3 regular Jonathan Kennard got a rare Formula One outing this week, after assisting the Williams team with its aerodynamic testing in preparation for 2009.
DC: Hakkinen best team-mate, but an unusual sort.
David Coulthard has named Mika Hakkinen as his favourite team-mate from his 15 seasons in Formula 1 - even if he admits that the Finnish double world champion is 'such an unusual character'.
Glock joins Hamilton in the F1 abuse club.
Following on from the racist insults directed at newly-crowned 2008 Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton in the build-up to the title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos earlier this month, Timo Glock has found himself the latest driver to come in for abuse.
F1 - Test your knowledge!
Fans of motor racing can quiz themselves on the sport they love every day of the year with the 2009 Autocourse Quiz Block calendar. The quiz block contains a question and answer for each weekday of 2009, complemented with a piece of trivia each weekend.
F1 teams angry at debts accrued by CVC.
The ten Formula 1 teams are rumoured to be seeking new meetings with the sport's commercial rights-holders after it emerged that a vast proposition of income is being used to service interest payments on debts.
The Stig: Hamilton is `phenomenally good`...
Newly-crowned Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton is 'phenomenally good at driving', even when the car in question is 'an old snot-box' - that is the expert opinion of Top Gear's enigmatic Stig.
Irvine: Racist insults bad taste but no harm done.
Eddie Irvine has joined David Coulthard and Mark Webber in insisting that Formula 1 does not have a problem with racism - agreeing the recent jibes aimed at newly-crowned world champion Lewis Hamilton were in 'bad taste' but arguing they are not an issue 'as long as they physically don't hurt any
Webber: Lewis has delivered.
He may have been outspoken about some of the British driver's on-track tactics this season, but Mark Webber has admitted that Lewis Hamilton produced the performance that mattered when it came to winning the world championship.
Renault Roadshow hits India.
Renault's travelling Formula One Roadshow initiative broke new ground at the weekend, as Nelson Piquet Jr and Lucas di Grassi demonstrated a range of cars on the streets of New Delhi in India.
Hamilton `saddened` by public perception.
Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he hopes that he turn the feelings of some sections of his 'home' crowd around after feeling the sting of a negative response to his world title from the British public.
Montezemolo smashed TV over Brazil result.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has admitted to an extreme emotional reaction to Lewis Hamilton snatching the 2008 Formula One world championship from the hands of the Scuderia's Felipe Massa, but says he should not have expected another miraculous turn-around.
Dennis saw Hamilton mentality at first sight.
Ron Dennis has been asked more than once why he was prepared to take a chance on a confident ten-year old who told him that, one day, he wanted to drive for the McLaren team. Some 13 years on, the question has greater resonance as that same youngster is now the new F1 world champion.
Wattie: Brazil will go down in F1 history.
John Watson has suggested the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix last weekend will 'go down in the annals of history' as one of the most extraordinary sporting occasions of all time - and praised Lewis Hamilton as 'the rightful world champion' at the end of a thrilling Formula 1 campaign.
Gascoyne, Kolles go in Force India F1 reshuffle.
Mike Gascoyne and Colin Kolles appear to be the highest-profile casualties in a 'radical' re-organisation and streamlining of the management structure of Force India F1 ahead of 2009.
Kubica reflects on 2008 campaign.
Robert Kubica has admitted that, despite his obvious frustration at not being able to maintain the sort of front-running form he showed at the start of the season, BMW Sauber's 2008 Formula One campaign had been a success.
Hamilton `didn`t see` racist abuse `as a joke`.
Formula 1's first black world champion Lewis Hamilton has rubbished Bernie Ecclestone's suggestion that the racist abuse aimed at him on a Spanish website in the run-up to last weekend's title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix was nothing more than 'a joke'.
Ecclestone: Hamilton racist attack just `a joke`.
Bernie Ecclestone has brushed off the racist attacks directed at newly-crowned Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton on a Spanish website last week as' probably meant as a joke more than anything', arguing that 'people are entitled to support who they want to support'.
Chinese GP moved.
The Chinese Grand Prix has been moved to the third race on the 2009 Formula One calendar after the FIA revealed an updated version of the schedule for next season.
Hamilton Sr saddened by abuse.
Lewis Hamilton's father has hit back at those who continue to use the family's colour as a target for abuse, warning that every insult and slur thrown their way only serves to make the McLaren driver stronger and more determined.
Vote for your top F1 driver of the year.
After one of the most dramatic season finales ever seen, Lewis Hamilton has been added to the list of Formula One champions after securing the crown in Brazil.