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Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has played down the possibility of his team deciding to officially protest the McLaren over its ingenious aerodynamic devices. Horner expressed his unhappiness about the slot that McLaren has in its rear wing ahead of the first race of the season - although that area forms only one part of a package of solutions McLaren is using. As well as a very aggressive double diffuser, McLaren is also believed to be using an innovative concept of flowing air through a vent into the cockpit - where the driver can influence it to help stall the rear wing on the straight

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh expects his team’s rivals to stop their complaints and instead start copying the radical ‘venting’ system that features on his car after it passed an FIA inspection and scrutineering for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

The FIA World Motor Sport Council has approved GT promoter Stephane Ratel’s request for the 2010 FIA GT2 European Championship to be called off.

Reigning Italian Formula 3 champion and Ferrari Driver Academy protege Daniel Zampieri will contest the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 season with Pons Racing. Double world motorcycle champion Sito Pons’s eponymous team claimed four victories in 2009 with Marcos Martinez, and previously carried Lotus Formula 1 driver Heikki Kovalainen to the World Series by Nissan title in 2004. “I am very pleased to sign with such a leading team in World Series as Pons Racing,” said Zampieri

By Leanne Fahy
It’s that time of year again. Yes that’s right, it’s March and that can only mean one thing – engines are being fired up, drivers are signing their lives away for another year behind the wheel, and we’re all getting ready to spend every living minute trackside.
British GT is back for another year [...]

Tech 1 Racing team boss Simon Abadie was impressed with the performance of the GP3 car at the championship’s inaugural test at Paul Ricard last week.

Jacques Villeneuve is set to join the BBC’s Radio 5 Live commentary team for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 1997 Formula 1 world champion, who has been disappointed in recent weeks after his plans to return to F1 this year with Stefan GP collapsed when the team was not granted a last-minute 2010 entry, will move into the commentary box for the first race of the season. The incumbent Radio 5 Live team consists of David Croft and ex-Honda driver Anthony Davidson

Jean-Eric Vergne today set the fastest time at Oulton Park as British Formula 3 challengers gathered for the penultimate pre-season test. The Frenchman, driving for Carlin Motorsport, managed to better Max Chilton’s 2009 pole position time at the Cheshire track with a 1m27.444s. Colombian Carlos Huertas was hot on the Frenchman’s heels, taking his Raikkonen Robertson Racing machine to within four-tenths of the pacesetter at the end of the day, having dominated the morning

Bruno Senna says there will not be a problem with disparity in speed between cars this weekend in Bahrain, as long as the drivers respect each other.

Bruno Senna says he can finally enjoy being a Formula 1 driver now - after admitting the uncertainty about his future that clouded the last few weeks had been hard to accept.

The assets of the A1GP championship have been put up for sale by the Administrator and Liquidator acting for the series’ organisers. Twenty of the Powered by Ferrari second generation cars are available, plus 12 of the original Lola-Zyteks used for A1GP’s first three seasons

Luiz Razia will replace Daniel Zampieri at the Rapax team for the GP2 Asia Series finale in Bahrain this weekend. The 20-year-old Brazilian, who is a test and reserve driver for Virgin’s Formula 1 team, won last season’s finale at Bahrain. Zampieri, who has been signed up by Ferrari’s young driver academy, is hoping to enter Formula Renault 3.5 in 2010 and will miss this weekend’s GP2 finale to test at Barcelona this week.

Karun Chandhok: I am really looking forward to my F1 debut this weekend. It will also be the first time I will be driving the new HRT F1 car so I can’t wait to get my hands on it

Karun Chandhok’s last minute deal with Hispania completed the Formula 1 grid for 2010, but the Indian makes his grand prix debut for a team that has not tested its car yet. As preparations for the Bahrain Grand Prix got underway at Sakhir today, Chandhok spoke exclusively to AUTOSPORT about his expectations and getting used to being an F1 driver. Q

The FIA has confirmed that the second round of the World Touring Car Championship at Puebla will not go ahead.

Darren Turner will race for JMW Motorsport in the Le Mans Series this season.

Jolyon Palmer will return for a second season in Formula 2 this year.

Dani Clos is to return to Trident for the final round of the GP2 Asia season in Bahrain this weekend. The Spaniard had driven for the team in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, but Adrian Zaugg took the seat for the previous rounds at Sakhir last month, charging to eighth in the first race before colliding with Sergio Perez as they fought for the lead at the start of the sprint race.

Yelmer Buurman will drive for the Atech-run AC Milan team in this year’s Superleague Formula. The 23-year-old Dutchman has been a Superleague regular since the football-themed series’ inception - taking second in the inaugural championship for PSV Eindhoven (Azerti) and taking Zakspeed’s Anderlecht entry to fourth last year.

Jorge Lorenzo is adamant that he will take part in the final MotoGP winter test in Qatar despite his injuries, but will not be pushing for quick times.