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
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...
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...
Bruno Senna - nephew of the late, great three-time F1 World Champion Ayrton Senna - has dismissed suggestions that he is paying his way onto the grand prix grid with Campos Meta in 2010
Despite eternally youthful good looks, which defy both his age and experience, it is ten years since McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa made his Formula One debut at the 1999 Australian Grand Prix.
Bernie Ecclestone has hinted that in his opinion McLaren-Mercedes are not quite as far off the pace heading into the 2009 curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this coming weekend as they would have their rivals believe.
Norbert Haug has confirmed what many paddock observers have suspected since pre-season Formula 1 testing got underway ahead of the forthcoming 2009 campaign - expected title challengers McLaren-Mercedes are simply 'far too slow'.
Fernando Alonso has rubbished suggestions that he is set for another tough season in Formula 1 with Renault in 2009 following the poor initial testing pace of the new R29, urging that 'the cars in Jerez are not going to be the ones in Australia'.
Gary Paffett has revealed that he is bullish about his chances of finally grabbing a spot on the grand prix grid in 2009, insisting that there is 'a door to be opened' at Force India - and that he is determined to be the man to open it.
Formula One veteran Giancarlo Fisichella insists that his place in the Force India team is secure, despite speculation that the Silverstone squad's deal to use McLaren-Mercedes technology may see him replaced by one of the Woking team's prot?g?s.
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'.
Though he did not name names, Nico Rosberg has hinted that it is a shame Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen are not members of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association - the body that meets regularly to discuss safety in Formula 1 amongst other issues.
by Russell Atkins For the past five years, Pedro de la Rosa has formed an integral part of McLaren-Mercedes' Formula 1 efforts, as the Woking-based outfit's official test and reserve driver.
Heikki Kovalainen has been officially confirmed as a McLaren-Mercedes driver for 2008, stepping into Fernando Alonso's seat for the second year in succession.