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Formula 1 gossip and rumours from international media
TUESDAY 21 MAY
Lotus owner Gerard Lopez is convinced Kimi Raikkonen will remain with the team for next season, announcing so in his own good time.
It hasn't been a great few months for McLaren fans, but Jenson Button is determined to put a smile on their faces by the time the British GP comes around.
Pastor Maldonado is hopeful his Monaco expertise will allow him to score Williams's first points of 2013. He retired last year
Pastor Maldonado is hopeful his Monaco expertise will allow him to score the Williams team's first points of the season in Sunday's race.
Nico Hulkenberg says his Sauber car is not performing as he had expected and added that "you'll have to ask them" about the rumours he could join Ferrari.
MONDAY 20 MAY
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says BMW could follow Honda and return to the sport, having quit in 2009 due to the recession.
However, BMW have distanced themselves from such a scenario.
Ecclestone has proposed that F1 teams should be able to sell chassis to each other, a shake-up that would save tens of millions of pounds.
Ecclestone says teams should be able to sell chassis to each other to cut costs
Ecclestone also says that he is prepared to buy a race-organising company in order to get a grand prix in New Jersey off the ground in the United States.
Marussia's Max Chilton insists he earned his place in Formula 1 on merit rather than on the back of his father's wealth.
Full story: the Times (subscription required)
Ferrari's Felipe Massa says the team need to improve their qualifying performances.
Full story: Adam Cooper's F1 blog
Mercedes principal Ross Brawn admits he is wary of the team struggling in races beyond this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton met up with nine-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi during a visit to the French Grand Prix on Sunday.
Full story: Lewis Hamilton on Twitter
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher drove a demonstration lap of the 25.378km Nordschleife track in a 2011 Mercedes Formula 1 car.
Full story: Mercedes on Twitter
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says he is not panicking despite his team's disappointing start to the season.
Dutch driver Giedo van der Garde admits his focus this season is to cement a place at Caterham for the 2014 regulation changes.
FRIDAY 17 MAY
Lotus team principal Eric Boullier says Pirelli's decision to change the tyres from the Canadian Grand Prix was "frustrating".
Both Lotus and Ferrari have criticised Pirelli's decision to change the tyres from the Canadian GP
Following Boullier's criticism, Lotus tweeted a joke picture of Pirelli's new, harder tyres.
It has been reported that most F1 teams cannot afford to pay the prices quoted by engine manufacturers for next year's new turbo V6 engines. It was announced on Thursday that Honda would supply McLaren engines from 2015.
Mercedes say it cannot rely on Monaco's lack of overtaking opportunities to take victory in the principality next weekend. The team has secured pole position at the last three races, but lost the lead following extreme tyre wear on race days relative to other teams.
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