New Williams signing Pastor Maldonado is as talented as either of his two predecessors at the team, Nico H?lkenberg and Nico Rosberg, and deserves his F1 seat on merit, insists the Grove-based outfit's chairman Adam Parr
Former grand prix ace Jos Verstappen has scathingly derided Renault's Russian rookie Vitaly Petrov as 'the worst driver' of F1 2010 and skilled only in 'making mistakes'
As he endeavours to snare one of the two available Force India cockpits in 2011, newly-crowned DTM Champion Paul di Resta has been described as 'better' than F1 2010 World Champion Sebastian Vettel
Michael Schumacher's former manager and Nico H?lkenberg's current manager Willi Weber has been sentenced to two years' probation by a German court in Stuttgart for embezzlement
Williams star Rubens Barrichello will reach a landmark of 300 grand prix starts later this season, but all the signs suggest the most experienced driver in F1 history will not be hanging up his helmet anytime soon...
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
Gary Paffett proves the value of experience with the fastest time for McLaren-Mercedes on day two of the 2009 F1 young driver test at Jerez in southern Spain - as no-one else gets to within four tenths of a second
Ex-F1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen could be set for a surprise switch to Red Bull Racing in 2010, it has been rumoured - as the Finn's discussions with former employers McLaren-Mercedes appear to have hit deadlock over his financial demands, whilst Mark Webber's continuing allegiance to his disg
Nico H?lkenberg claimed his fourth win of the season after steering clear of the early race mayhem before walking away from Sergio Perez and Vitaly Petrov to claim an easy victory in race two this morning at Valencia.