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Nico Hulkenberg has long been tipped as one of F1's up-and-comers, but needs to deliver on-track this year with Renault.

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Defending Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has insisted that he is not a 'superhuman, just a normal guy' after returning to the scene of one of his most famous and impressive grand prix triumphs in Monaco this weekend - and he confessed that 'the paddock feels a little bit empty' without h

Jarno Trulli will be racing with an extra purpose than usual in this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, as he bids to honour the memory and raise vital funds for the victims of the catastrophic earthquake that struck his home region of the Abruzzo early last week.

This weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix - the second round on the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship calendar - could be disrupted by thunderstorms, throwing an added element of the unknown into an already highly unpredictable season.

Rubens Barrichello has revealed that he never lost faith over the winter months that he would still be a fixture on the Formula 1 grid in 2009 - despite persistent and 'absurd' suggestions that the most experienced driver in the sport's history would be replaced by rookie compatriot Bruno Senna.

It may have announced earlier this week that it is to end all of its Formula 1 sponsorship deals at the close of the forthcoming 2009 campaign, but ING already seems to have had a change of heart - in part at least.

Nico Rosberg's Formula 1 career is in danger of petering out before it has even really got into top gear, fear two former grand prix stars, as even the young German himself has admitted that without the radical rule changes for 2009 he 'would have lost faith long ago'.

In a performance reminiscent of that which delivered him his breakthrough Formula 1 victory in Montreal last year, Lewis Hamilton got his 2008 title bid off to the perfect start by triumphing in the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne - never putting a foot wrong as the heat and lack of traction c

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After Felipe Massa was left at the back of the starting grid in Australia twelve months ago due to gearbox woes, Ferrari suffered the agony of history repeating itself in the opening qualifying session of the 2008 Formula 1 campaign Down Under - only this time it was reigning world champion Kimi

With Jarno Trulli ending the opening day's practice firmly ensconced inside the top ten and Timo Glock only just outside of it, Toyota enjoyed a far more promising time in Melbourne practice than many would perhaps have predicted they would.

Kimi Raikkonen: "I am not very happy with the way practice went. This morning we found some good settings for the car, but in the afternoon we struggled, and our lap times reflect that.

The Australian Grand Prix Corporation and BMW Australia have joined forces to offer one lucky person the chance to compete in the BMW Celebrity Challenge - with money raised from the event going to the relief appeal for the Asian tsunami.