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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.

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Kris Meeke got his Intercontinental Rally Challenge title defence back on course with a comfortable victory in the Rally of Curitiba. The Peugeot UK driver had crashed out of the season opener in Monte Carlo, but he swiftly put that behind him by dominating the opening day in Brazil

Kris Meeke (Peugeot UK) is closing on victory in the Rally of Curitiba, having continued to edge away from nearest challenger Guy Wilks (Skoda UK) on the final morning. The gap between the two Britons is now up to 35.4 seconds, with both aiming to maintain their positions and have a conservative run to the finish. “It’s really pretty good at the moment - I’m just trying to stay on the road and take no chances,” said Meeke.

Kris Meeke continues to lead the Rally of Curitiba after a flawless drive through the opening day of the event. The Peugeot UK driver was fastest on all bar one of today’s seven stages, giving him a comfortable half minute lead over his compatriot Guy Wilks (Skoda UK). “I’m very, very happy, an excellent day, and what can I say about the car

Pedro de la Rosa: “I have good memories of Bahrain. In 2005 when I had to jump in I scored the fastest race lap. In 2007 I was there for two days of testing

Peugeot UK’s Kris Meeke has dominated the opening loop of stages in the Rally of Curitiba, the second round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Reigning champion Meeke is the only one of the IRC frontrunners who contested this event last year, and he put that experience to good use by winning all four stages this morning.

Michael Schumacher: “Finally the season will start! I feel like a child looking forward to Christmas. The decision to make my comeback feels like a long time ago now and I can hardly wait for the season to get underway in Bahrain.

Silverstone has announced that the general admission race-day tickets for this year’s British Grand Prix have now sold out. The British track said the demand has been very high since it was confirmed that the race would stay at the Northamptonshire-based circuit

Lewis Hamilton believes McLaren’s long run pace during last week’s testing at Barcelona puts the team in a strong position heading to Bahrain. The 2008 world champion did the quickest time of the test on the final day, but was most encouraged by the performance of the MP4-25 with a high fuel load.

British teenager Tom Cave has targeted a top 10 finish in June’s Italian Interncontinental Rally Challenge round, Rally d’Italia, his first outing in a Proton Satria Neo S2000. Eighteen-year-old Cave, who drove a Ford Fiesta on the season-opening Monte Carlo rally, tested a Proton for the first time at Sweet Lamb in mid-Wales last week. Cave, who will drive a private Proton on selected IRC rounds this season, said: “It was great to get in the car, although with ice in the morning and snow in the afternoon, the conditions weren’t great.

Ross Brawn believes the new Mercedes will be competitive at the start of the Formula 1 season, but has admitted that the team does not enjoy the advantage it held at the start of 2009, as Brawn GP. Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher hinted yesterday that the W01 was more competitive than he initially thought

The significant reductions Formula 1 teams have self-imposed on testing have made little difference to the development of the cars, and were a principal factor in convincing Michael Schumacher to return to the sport, according to the seven-time world champion. The teams introduced a ban on in-season testing at the beginning of last year and agreed to a combined four-test pre-season schedule in 2010 in order to further reduce costs.

Fernando Alonso was happy with his day’s work at Barcelona despite losing most of the morning due to a problem with his Ferrari. The Spaniard managed just 11 laps in the morning after he stopped with an electronics issue the team took several hours to fix. Alonso had a more productive afternoon, however, and eventually finished the day with 74 laps completed and with the seventh fastest time of the session

Fairuz Fauzy believes he could have reduced his times by a further two seconds had he managed one more run for Lotus in today’s Barcelona test. The Malaysian driver was slowest of all today, 6.6s off the pace set by Mark Webber’s Red Bull, but felt a late red flag had prevented him from showing just how much Lotus had improved during the session. “I think I could do a 1m26s here if I just had one more chance to drive again,” said Fauzy.

Eurosport Events and the organisers of the Cyprus Rally have put together a 150,000 euro two-stage shoot-out for the day after this year’s event - which is the final round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The innovation, labeled the Golden Stage Rally, will be split into three categories: Super 2000, Group N and two-wheel drive, with big cash awards for the fastest driver in each class.

Mark Webber produced the star performance on the opening day of this week’s pre-season test at Barcelona on Thursday with the fastest lap overall - and strong long-run times to boot. The Red Bull Racing driver set his best lap of 1m21.487s during the morning session, when he focused exclusively on short blasts of a few laps that went some way to showing the potential of his RB6 on low fuel. His best effort, set shortly before 12.30pm, was not matched by any other driver - and in fact he had a further eight laps that would have been good enough for him to head the timesheets.

Reigning British Formula Ford champion James Cole will graduate to the British F3 championship this season. The 21-year-old will race a National Class Dallara-Mugen-Honda for multiple class champions T-Sport. “I have tremendous respect for the team and believe we will be a winning partnership,” said Cole.

Ferrari has attacked the FIA’s push to bring new teams into Formula 1, in the wake of the problems currently surrounding Team US F1 and Campos Meta. With neither outfit yet having a car ready to run, and US F1 hoping to miss the first few races of the season, the sport is facing up to the fact that it will probably not have as full a grid as it had hoped to have for 2010

Jenson Button believes the Ferrari is the strongest-looking car after the first full dry day of testing at Jerez this week. Mark Webber set the best time of the day for Red Bull, with Fernando Alonso second quickest for Ferrari and Button’s McLaren third.