Ferrari star Felipe Massa has played down suggestions that the Scuderia is the benchmark approaching the F1 2010 curtain-raising Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir in just under a fortnight's time - insisting that the title of pre-season champion 'means nothing'
Nick Heidfeld - out of a race seat in F1 2010 for the first time since making his top flight debut a decade ago - has revealed that he was 'very close' to signing for McLaren this year, and remains hopeful of rejoining the grand prix grid in 2011
Highly-rated Williams rookie Nico H?lkenberg denies fans' favourite Fernando Alonso the quickest time on day two of pre-season F1 2010 testing around the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona
Who will win the race for the 2010 F1 Drivers' World Championship crown - Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel or Mark Webber? Here's your chance to have your say...
Double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso insists his years spent in the wilderness at Renault in 2008 and 2009 have made him 'a better driver' than ever before - and says the smart money will be on him to claim a third crown in the top flight in 2010...
Popular and respected BBC F1 commentator Martin Brundle has warned Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Felipe Massa et al not to underestimate the threat of returning grand prix legend Michael Schumacher in 2010 - and he speaks as a man who knows the German better than most
Former British 500cc Champion-turned-BBC commentator Steve Parrish tips Casey Stoner to reclaim his MotoGP World Championship crown from Yamaha rival Valentino Rossi in 2010 - but he is less sure about the chances of under-pressure Ducati team-mate Nicky Hayden...
KV Racing Technology completes its IndyCar Series driver line-up for 2010, by recruiting Ernesto Viso to partner former F1 star Takuma Sato at the Indianapolis-based squad
New Ferrari recruit Fernando Alonso has defended his somewhat besmirched reputation in the wake of his implication in two damaging and high-profile F1 scandals over the last three years - insisting that in both instances, he was simply in the 'wrong place at the wrong time'
Red Bull Racing's new Adrian Newey-designed, Renault-powered RB6 is undoubtedly quick, but is it yet reliable enough to be able to successfully challenge for glory right from the off in F1 2010..?
Vitaly Petrov has attempted to shed some light upon the reason why his Renault F1 predecessor Romain Grosjean was not retained into 2010 - suggesting his former GP2 Series team-mate made a mistake in joining the grand prix grid midway through 2009
Whilst acknowledging that the new Lotus T127 is currently lacking downforce in relation to its F1 2010 rivals, Heikki Kovalainen insists the car has potential - and so does the Cosworth engine in the back of it
Tony Fernandes tells Crash.net that for all his pre-season banter with fellow airline boss and Virgin Racing figurehead Richard Branson, Lotus F1 is deadly serious about long-term success in the top flight
F1 commercial rights-holder Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that under the terms of the binding Concorde Agreement, teams may miss three grands prix without penalty - what could come as a lifeline to struggling 2010 newcomers Campos Meta 1 and USF1...
The BBC has confirmed an unchanged commentary line-up for 2010, meaning Martin Brundle, David Coulthard and Jake Humphrey remain on-board - as do the less universally popular Jonathan Legard and Eddie Jordan...
Michael Schumacher's former Benetton team boss Flavio Briatore has branded the German's departure from Ferrari to return to F1 in 2010 with Mercedes Grand Prix 'an inelegant betrayal' - and suggested that if it does not work out, the comeback will be a 'disaster'
The 15-year-old son of GP legend Randy Mamola, Dakota, will make his British entrance in 2010 with KRP in the British 125GP Championship - ensuring the team of an all-star name line-up for the season ahead