FRIDAY 25 MAY
Lewis Hamilton has been offered a staggering £95million to stay at McLaren for the next five years. Hamilton is already the highest paid driver in F1 and could now earn an eye-watering £460,000 a week.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Sergio Perez has dismissed talk linking him with a mid-season move to Ferrari and committed himself to Sauber for at least the rest of the Formula 1 season.
Full story: ESPN
Fernando Alonso's new gold-coloured helmet for Monaco has been revealed - the design incorporates the Cross of the Angels and also refers to his two wins at Monaco in 2006 and 2007.
Full story: F1 Fanatic
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone teamed up with the Starlight Children's Foundation to fly four children by private jet to the Monaco Grand Prix.
Full story: Rutland and Stamford Mercury
Mercedes boss Norbert Haug says Formula 1 deal talks are edging forward, the German car manufacturer have not agreed a deal that will commit to F1 for the start of the 2013 season.
Full story: Autosport
Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton will replace their ordinary McLaren racing caps for ones featuring the Union Jack at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.
Full story: The Sun
WEDNESDAY 23 MAY
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that Formula 1 will be listed on the Singapore stock exchange by the end of June. His comments follow the sale of 21.3% of the business to three investment funds for $1.6bn (£1.01bn), valuing F1 at $9.1bn (£5.8bn) including debt.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
Former world champion Damon Hill says Spanish Grand Prix winner Pastor Maldonado of Williams could spring the biggest surprise in F1 this season - by winning the drivers' championship.
Full story: the Sun
Lewis Hamilton is ready to become the sixth different winner in six F1 races, according to McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Chinese driver Ma Qing Hua will take part in the Silverstone young driver test with HRT in July.
Full story: HRT
TUESDAY 22 MAY
Pirelli's motorsport boss Paul Hembery says the Italian tyre manufacturer is ready to supply Formula 1 teams with Q3-only tyres, to avoid teams choosing not to run in Q3 to save tyres for the race.
Full story: Autosport
Nigel Mansell will act as driver representative steward at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix. The 1992 World Champion was part of a memorable Monte Carlo duel in his title season, doggedly hunting down but failing to pass Ayrton Senna's McLaren.
Full story: GP Update
A number of small modifications have been made ahead of this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix on safety grounds. The largest is the levelling out of the dramatic bump in the braking zone of the Nouvelle Chicane, scene of large accidents for both Nico Rosberg and Sergio Pérez across the 2011 race weekend.
Full story: GP Update
Bruno Senna is convinced he will make an impact in Formula 1 after witnessing at first hand what Williams are capable of this year.
Full story: Independent
Private equity firm CVC Capital has sold a $1.6billion stake in Formula 1 to three investors ahead of the motor racing company's planned $3billion initial public offering in Singapore, sources said on Tuesday.
Full Story: Reuters
MONDAY 21 MAY
Felipe Massa has described Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso's driving as "amazing. He is on super form, maybe even perfect". The Brazilian says he is confident he has the full support of the team as he attempts to improve his form, and emphasises that he had "good pace" in the Spanish GP before being hit with a drive-through penalty.
Full story: Ferrari
Alonso has been warming up for the Monaco Grand Prix by practising in a kart - including a stunt where he does 'donuts' with no hands on the wheel.
Fernando Alonso on Twitter
Motor racing business Formula One will start pre-marketing for its up to $3bn (£1.9m) Singapore initial public offering on 22 May after receiving approval from the city's stock exchange for the deal, a source with direct knowledge of the plans said on Monday.
Full story: Reuters
Mercedes have confirmed they are keeping tabs on Paul Di Resta amid mounting speculation that the Scot is being lined up to replace Michael Schumacher.
Full story: Sky Sports News
HRT team boss Luis Perez-Sala reckons his squad has little chance of leapfrogging rival Marussia in Formula 1's backmarker battle in the short term.
Full story: Autosport
Pirelli has revealed the tyre compounds that will be used in the next three grands prix after Monaco this weekend. In Canada it will be soft and super-soft, at the European Grand Prix in Valencia soft and medium, and at the British Grand Prix soft and hard.
Full story: ESPN
Double world champion Mika Hakkinen jokes that in return for sponsoring Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg at the start of his career, Rosberg has to return the favour when Hakkinen's own son starts racing.
Full story: Mercedes
FRIDAY 18 MAY
McLaren driver Jenson Button has expressed his disbelief at MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner's decision to retire at the end of the season. "Casey Casey Casey really?!?!" he wrote on Twitter. "Retiring at 26... Gonna miss watching you on two wheels but might see you about on four!! ;)"
Jenson Button on Twitter
Caterham team boss Tony Fernandes has received a letter from FIA president Jean Todt thanking his team for helping put out the fire in the Williams pit following the Spanish Grand Prix.
Full story: Caterham F1 Team
HRT officially opened their new headquarters in Madrid on Friday.
HRT F1 Team on Twitter
Fernando Alonso is releasing details one-by-one of a custom-designed helmet he will wear at the Monaco Grand Prix. It features the slogan 'bet on red' across the back.
Fernando Alonso on Twitter
Lotus driver Romain Grosjean has also come up with a one-off design for Monaco. Swapping his usual colours for red, gold and white, he says he hopes it "brings him luck".
Full story: Lotus F1 Team
Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo is flying to Ukraine to take part in a Red Bull demonstration at the weekend with an F1 car and a Nascar stockcar.
Daniel Ricciardo on Twitter
Ten of the 12 teams want the FIA to legislate cost control. Nine want a budget cap. The FIA may not be included in the new Concorde Agreement next year, in which case F1 could adopt new rules written by ex-Renault team boss Flavio Briatore that dramatically limit aerodynamics, of which Ferrari are fans. Smaller teams want new V6 turbos to be delayed beyond 2014.
Full story: Auto Motor Und Sport (in German)
Kamui Kobayashi says he is "quite confident" his Sauber team will be strong at the Monaco Grand Prix next weekend.
Full story: Sauber
Pirelli have reacted to criticism about their tyres playing too big a role in F1 this season by saying they "don't want to be the major element of F1 racing". Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery adds: "It needs to be down to the engineers and drivers and cars, so from that perspective we would not like it to get any more exciting. In time the engineers will master what they are doing and, give it is a few more races, things will settle down."
Full story: Autosport
THURSDAY 17 MAY
Mark Webber has claimed that the unpredictable nature of the 2012 season might alienate some fans.
Full story: Fox Australia
Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz believes Formula 1's thrilling start the season may be great news for fans, but he feels it has turned the sport into a lottery for teams.
Full story: Autosport
Kimi Raikkonen says that too much has been made of the impact of tyres on the racing this year - and thinks that it is the ban on refuelling that is playing a huge factor in shuffling up the order as well.
Full story: Autosport
Ferrari insist that Felipe Massa has the "full confidence" of the team and that the Brazilian has not been ruled out of their plans for 2013.
Full story: Estadao (in Portuguese)
Formula 1's eagerly anticipated £6bn flotation in Singapore will take place earlier than expected, within the next two to three weeks.
Full story: CityAM
A new leaked document reveals the exact layout and plans for the next Formula 1 circuit, the Grand Prix of America in New Jersey. The map explains some of the many challenges in bringing F1 to the New York metro area. Not only does the track afford a view of the Manhattan skyline, but the cars will race right by a sewage treatment plant.
Full story: Jalopnik
Williams driver coach Alexander Wurz says Pastor Maldonado's victory in the Spanish Grand Prix was "worthy of Jenson Button or Fernando Alonso… In Spain, you saw Pastor being in the same league as them." (Autosport magazine)
Lewis Hamilton is stalling on signing a new McLaren contract for 2013. (Autosport magazine)
Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi says "almost anything is possible" this year and believes the Swiss team "have a good car and good chances for good results".
Full story: Sauber
Webber says he is "committed, disciplined and honest" when asked to describe himself in three words.
Full story: Red Bull Racing
Jenson Button is at the McLaren factory in Woking on Thursday to do some preparation work in the team's simulator.
Jenson Button on Twitter
Meanwhile, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is planning a five-hour bike ride as part of his "hard training" ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix. Alonso is also preparing a one-off helmet design for F1's highest-profile race.
Fernando Alonso on Twitter
The Formula 1 Teams' Association (Fota) is planning fans' forums in the UK, Germany and USA later this year.
Fota on Twitter
WEDNESDAY 16 MAY
Lotus boss Eric Boullier says he is not frustrated by the failure of his team to win the Spanish Grand Prix, because he thinks a victory is just around the corner.
Full story: Autosport
Nico Rosberg says the championship is "still open" for him after his seventh place at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Full story: Nico Rosberg's website
Frank Williams says Pastor Maldonado is worthy of a place at his team even without the considerable backing he brings, judging by his performance at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Full story: Autosport
Conor Daly, the son of former grand prix driver Derek Daly, will have his first Formula 1 test on Thursday. The 20-year-old American, who scored his first GP3 race win at the Spanish Grand Prix last weekend, will conduct an aerodynamic test for Force India at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire.
Full story: Force India
BBC 5 live analyst Jaime Alguersuari is "absolutely" certain he will be back in Formula 1 next year after a year's experience as the Pirelli test driver.
Full story: La Vanguardia (in Spanish)
Politics threaten to create "serious delays" in preparations for Formula 1's first Russian Grand Prix, an adviser with the Russian Automobile Federation says.
Full story: RIA Novosti
SUNDAY 13 MAY
The FIA is likely to discuss with teams a review into the storage of fuel and the high voltage KERS systems, as well as other potentially hazardous materials, after a fire broke out in the Williams garage, an hour after the Spanish Grand Prix finished.
Full story: James Allen on F1
Ferrari are leading the chase for Scottish Formula 1 driver Paul Di Resta as the Italian team consider a replacement for Felipe Massa in 2013.
Full story: Sunday Express
SATURDAY 12 MAY
McLaren's Jenson Button has revealed he has a scientific diet and eats steak and eggs for breakfast. He adds that his body consists of just six per cent fat — the same as an Olympic athlete and he has a fitness level the same as a Tour de France cyclist.
Full story: the Sun
Spain's two Formula 1 races in Barcelona and Valencia will alternate from 2013 while a return to France is looking less likely, according to F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.
Full story: Reuters
Valtteri Bottas says he is not getting impatient with his ambitions to move up to a Formula 1 race seat, despite continuing to impress during his Friday testing duties for Williams.
Full story: Autosport
Former Force India driver Adrian Sutil turned up in the Barcelona paddock on Friday and Saturday, chatting with teams in the hope that one of them might take him on again.
Full story: Joe Saward's F1 blog
FRIDAY 11 MAY
Formula 1's commercial rights holders CVC need to reach an agreement with Mercedes before any flotation of the sport can be successful, according to the German team's chief executive Nick Fry. Mercedes are the only leading team yet to commit formally to a long-term future in the sport after the existing 'Concorde Agreement' expires at the end of the year.
Full story: Reuters
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has been putting his acting skills to the test in this short film with martial arts and Hollywood actress Celina Jade.
Full story: Infiniti
Vettel says the new 'stressed' tyres liven up the races as the debate about the limited-durability Pirelli rubber continues.
Full story: The Independent
Red Bull have backed the job that Pirelli is doing in Formula 1 this year - saying it would be impossible for the company to make tyres that made everyone happy.
Full story: Autosport
McLaren driver Jenson Button insists that he and team-mate Lewis Hamilton did the right thing in missing the Mugello test.
Full story: Autosport
THURSDAY 10 MAY
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, which hosts the Canadian Grand Prix, needs major reconstruction work before he is willing to discuss a contract renewal with organisers.
Full story: La Presse (in French)
Ferrari's Felipe Massa has questioned the value of holding a three-day test at Mugello during the season, saying he felt it would have been better to have an extra test before the start of the season.
Full story: Ferrari
Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn will not travel to the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend on doctors' advice. He is expected to return for the Monaco Grand Prix later this month. Technical director Bob Bell will take over his duties.
Full story: Autosport
Richard Cregan, the chief executive at Yas Marina Circuit, says the young driver test at Silverstone has the "potential to overlook talent". Cregan's Abu Dhabi track usually hosts the test at the end of the season, but this year the teams have the option of running after the British Grand Prix in July instead.
Full story: the National
Volkswagen has ruled out a move into F1 in the near future as either an engine supplier or a full constructor. The German manufacturer revealed three years ago that a 2014 entry - at which point the sport's engine rules are due a major overhaul - was being evaluated.
Full story: Autosport
Damon Hill is to race for the first time since he retired from F1 13 years ago. The 1996 world champion will compete in the one-make Volkswagen Scirocco R Cup race supporting the British round of the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) at Brands Hatch on 19 May.
Full story: the Sun
Actor Rodrigo Santoro has revealed talks are under way with producers for a feature film on Ayrton Senna's life story.
Full story: Collider
WEDNESDAY 9 MAY
Spaniard Dani Clos will drive for HRT in first practice at the Spanish Grand Prix in place of race driver Narain Karthikeyan.
Full story: HRT
HRT team principal Luis Perez Sala has admitted that the Spanish outfit is considering a change of name in the future.
Full story: Autosport
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said his team were "more confident" ahead of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, which they enter with a series of revisions to their car. Di Montezemolo added that he believed Ferrari's lead driver Fernando Alonso was "especially in the races, the best driver in the world".
Full story: Ferrari
Formula 1 will hold a lender meeting on 10 May in New York to discuss lowering the interest rate on $1.8bn of loans the company obtained last month, according to a person with knowledge of the transaction.
Full story: Bloomberg
TUESDAY 8 MAY
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has continued to complain about the Pirelli tyres, saying that they are like driving on "raw eggs".
Full story: CNN
Jacques Villeneuve, son of six-time Formula 1 race winner Gilles, will drive one of his father's F1 cars at Fiorano on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of his death.
Full story: Globe and Mail
Lotus team principal Eric Boullier has described plans to hold a F1 young driver test at Silverstone in July as "nonsense" - and hopes bad weather forces it to be cancelled.
Full story: Autosport
Force India boss Vijay Mallya is unsure whether a new update package will be enough to lift his team's performance much at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.
Full story: Force India
Former F1 driver Jean Alesi has secured a drive for the Indianapolis 500 this month. The one-time F1 race winner has no oval experience and has yet to complete a lap at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Full story: Autoweek
MONDAY 7 MAY
McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are ranked ninth and 10th respectively in the latest Sunday Times list of Britain's richest sportsmen. Hamilton is worth a reported £55m, two million more than Button.
Full story: the Times (subscription required)
McLaren ran a new, higher nose which went almost unnoticed at the Mugello test and what looks like a secret adjustable brake duct-system, which can alter the tyre temperatures during a race.
Full story: Auto Motor und Sport (in German)
Bahrain is set to win a place on the board of the new company controlling Formula 1, while one of the sport's biggest investors, Mercedes, could be forced out of the sport.
Full story: the Times (subscription required)
However, Mercedes motorsport boss Nobert Haug has denied that his team are preparing to pull out of F1.
Full story: Auto Motor und Sport (in German)
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso says his public image is a not an accurate reflection of his true self. "Many times when I read my quotes on the covers of newspapers I feel very distant from that character," he said answering fans' questions on his website. "It's as if it's not me. Then you see columns making opinions, signed by people who don't even know you and have never spoken to you. Between one thing and another, a character has been created which has nothing or little to do with me - until now…"
Full story: Fernando Alonso's website
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says he sees no reason why Mark Webber would want to leave the team, despite fresh rumours linking the Australian with Ferrari.
Full story: Autosport
Webber has poked fun at Caterham driver Vitaly Petrov for saying Mugello, which hosted last week's F1 test, was too dangerous for F1 cars. Webber, who joined Alonso in saying one lap of Mugello was as satisfying as 100 laps at some of the less challenging modern tracks, posted a picture on Twitter of the great Jim Clark passing some houses in his Lotus in 1962, adding: "I wonder if V Petrov was there."
Mark Webber on Twitter
Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, who now races in German touring car championship DTM, expects his brother Michael to remain in F1 with Mercedes beyond the end of the season when the 43-year-old's contract expires.
Full story: Bild
A local sports club has written to the Australian Grand Prix corporation to complain about the state of sporting fields at Albert Park, where the race is held, two months after the event.
Full story: The Age
Former Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari will participate in his first on-track Formula 1 running as a Pirelli test driver when the Italian company runs its 2010 Renault R30 for the first time at Jerez this week.
Full story: Autosport
Ferrari's Felipe Massa is to spend an entire day on the team's simulator on Monday preparing for this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.
Felipe Massa on Twitter
Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne demonstrated a Red Bull F1 showcar at the first World Series by Renault meeting of the season at Aragon Motorland, Spain on Sunday.
Full story: Red Bull
Toro Rosso driver Daniel Ricciardo attended the MTV Italy awards in Florence at the weekend and, along with 15-year-old Red Bull-backed surfer Leonardo Foravanti, presented the 'New Generation' award.
Daniel Ricciardo on Twitter
FRIDAY 4 MAY
Lewis Hamilton is hopeful of a strong performance at the forthcoming Spanish Grand Prix. "We had a great race there last year - I pushed Sebastian [Vettel] all the way to the finish. I think we have a comparatively stronger car this year, so I hope we can have another strong race," he said. He added that he expected the Circuit de Catalunya to be "one of the toughest tracks of the year for overtaking". (McLaren)
Caterham reserve driver Alexander Rossi is to have his first run for the team at a grand prix when he replaces Heikki Kovalainen in first practice at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Full story: Caterham
An American consortium financed out of New York, and working with partners including Richard Branson's Virgin Group, is back in the running to take over a long-term lease of Silverstone race track as Qataris drop out.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner believes Formula 1 teams should rethink whether an in-season test becomes a regular feature in the future, on the back of this week's Mugello experience.
Full story: Autosport
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso says his team-mate Felipe Massa is "one of the best drivers in the world" and he sees no reason to change the line-up despite the Brazilian's disappointing form.
Full story: FernandoAlonso.com
The problems at the Nurburgring, which has a contract to alternate with Hockenheim to host the German Grand Prix until 2019, continue with the latest news that the Rhineland Palatinate regional government is seeking to evict the current tenants after arbitration failed to find any solutions.
Full story: Joe Saward's F1 blog
Michael Schumacher is expecting next weekend's Spanish Grand Prix to be a tough race for his Mercedes team. "Barcelona is a track we have driven extensively on and this is why we know its characteristics do not exactly play fully into our hands."
Full story: Mercedes
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg believes his team has made good progress in understanding tyres at this week's Mugello test - but thinks his team needs to do more to improve its high-speed corner performance.
Full story: Autosport
Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi says he believes the upgrade the team tried at this week's Mugello test was "a step forward".
Full story: Sauber
While most of the field were at Mugello for a three-day test this week, McLaren driver Jenson Button was on holiday. The 2009 world champion tweeted: "Round trip ride from Monaco to Dolce Aqua with the guys done! now @jessybondgirl is green smoothie making mmmmm delicious!"
Jenson Button on Twitter
Caterham driver Heikki Kovalainen is using the break between testing and the Spanish Grand Prix to work on his golf. "Day off today from fitness, going to work on my swing, need to sharpen up for couple of events I'm attending later on," said the Finn.
Heikki Kovalainen on Twitter
THURSDAY 3 MAY
Additional protection for Formula 1 drivers' heads is "inevitable" in the future, ex-grand prix driver Alexander Wurz has said in the wake of governing body the FIA's latest research into the subject, in which a wheel was fired at a forward roll-hoop structure.
(Autosport magazine)
Silverstone's owner the British Racing Drivers' Club have put out a statement emphasising that it is still searching for investment to pay for the next planned stage of the track's redevelopment into a "world-class, multi-purpose centre for motorsport, high technology business, training and education".
Full story: British Racing Drivers' Club
Felipe Massa has backed team-mate Fernando Alonso's view that Ferrari will make a good step forward in form at the Spanish Grand Prix - but thinks it too much to expect its updates to help it fight for victory straightaway.
Full story: Autosport
Sauber have been officially declared as "greenhouse gas neutral".
Full story: Sauber
Sauber is almost certain not to pursue the double-DRS concept pioneered by Mercedes, because of the high costs involved in fitting it to the car.
Full story: Autosport
WEDNESDAY 2 MAY
There have been reports in Spain this week that Mark Webber is in line to join Ferrari in place of Felipe Massa in 2013. BBC 5 live F1 correspondent James Allen explores the issue here.
Webber was full of praise for the Mugello circuit. "I did 10 dry laps today around Mugello, which is the same as doing 1000 laps around Abu Dhabi track in terms of satisfaction," he said.
Mark Webber on Twitter
The Australian has clearly been busy today, saying Formula 1 drivers should be happy to accept the challenge posed by Pirelli's current generation of tyres because they are helping make the racing more exciting.
Full story: Autosport
Adam Parr quit his post as chairman of Williams because he was "disturbed" by certain issues in Formula 1, according to team founder Sir Frank Williams. "There were one or two things that disturbed him in F1 - outside this company, I should add," Williams said. "And he came to me and said: 'I've enjoyed my time but I just need a break for a while."
Crowds flocked to Snetterton race circuit today (Tuesday) as leading film director Ron Howard began shooting scenes for his new movie. Based on Formula 1 legend James Hunt, people had the chance to see classic racing cars from the 1970s as Howard urged people to come and watch the day.
Full story: Norwich Evening News
TUESDAY 1 MAY
Fernando Alonso has told a Ferrari party ahead of Mugello testing that he "feels like Rocky" because he's been fighting so hard in the Ferrari F2012 so far this year.
Full story: La Gazzetta dello Sport
Rubens Barrichello expects close friend Felipe Massa to remain in Formula 1 for many years to come, despite the Ferrari driver's visit to Barrichello's IndyCar event in Sao Paulo, fuelling speculation that he could be looking at switching series.
Full story: Autosport
Red Bull have announced they will field a bodywork livery plastered with the faces of more than 25,000 fans, at July's British Grand Prix - in order to raise funds for spinal cord injury charity, Wings for Life. The last time they ran the livery was at Silverstone in 2007.
Full story: Formula 1
Toro Rosso's French driver Jean-Eric Vergne says he is jealous of countryman Romain Grosjean's third place in Bahrain, admitting he drove a "beautiful race".
Full story: L'Equipe (in French)
And Marussia let us in on Mugello's brilliant circuit entrance, with this picture ahead of today's first day of testing. Can we get one of those at Silverstone?
Marussia on Twitter
MONDAY 30 APRIL
Mark Webber is the leading candidate to replace Ferrari's Felipe Massa. Although his contract with the Italian team is not signed yet, the Australian may have already established a preliminary agreement for joining them in 2013.
Full story: El Confidencial (in Spanish)
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is finalising preparations for £6.1bn flotation of Formula 1 and is expected to lodge a prospectus for the business showing that it has £4.4bn of guaranteed revenue.
Full story: Telegraph
Sauber have entered into a sponsor partnership with Champions League finalists Chelsea. As part of the deal, the Sauber C31 will sport the Chelsea logo on its engine cover at the Spanish Grand Prix. Chelsea will display the Sauber logo on advertising hoardings and interview backgrounds.
Full story: sauberf1team.com
Red Bull and Toro Rosso are likely to be the only teams to take their young driver test at Abu Dhabi later this year. F1 teams can take the test either at Silverstone after the British Grand Prix, or in Abu Dhabi in November.
Full story: Autosport
Lewis Hamilton has gone into the studio with Will Smith's DJ collaborator Jazzy Jeff. Just to watch, not to record anything himself.
Lewis Hamilton on Twitter
In other, very different, news McLaren have been awarded the 'silver medal' at the prestigious Edison Awards for groundbreaking scientific achievement. They were nominated in the Green Implementation category for their efforts to improve our carbon efficiency.
Full story: McLaren F1
FRIDAY 27 APRIL
McLaren driver Jenson Button does not believe attending the Mugello test next week will be a worthwhile exercise. McLaren are sending test drivers Gary Paffett and Oliver Turvey but Lewis Hamilton has suggested he might alter his plans and head to Italy for the May 1-3 session.
Full story: Daily Mail
Force India is still hopeful that it will be able to run its new upgrade package at Mugello next week, even though the parts are unlikely to be ready for the start of the test.
Full story: Autosport
Pedro de la Rosa believes the break before the start of the European season will be invaluable for HRT - even though the outfit is missing next week's Mugello test.
Full story: Autosport
This year's ugly F1 noses could be shelved in the future after the FIA said it had tested a forward roll hoop, a metal structure placed right in front of the driver, as part of new measures being assessed to increase cockpit safety.
Full story: Reuters
The Dominican Republic is interested in hosting a F1 race in order to drive tourist growth, with private enterprise building a track and the government proving funding for the race fees.
Full story: Joe Saward's F1 blog
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is to marry Brazilian lawyer girlfriend Fabiana Flosi.
Full story: Daily Mail
Chinese Grand Prix winner Nico Rosberg will drive Juan Manuel Fangio's 1955 Italian Grand Prix-winning Mercedes - the last silver arrow to win an F1 race before Rosberg's triumph last month - at Hockenheim ahead of the German Touring Car (DTM) qualifying on Saturday.
Full story: DTM
British comedians Jimmy Carr, James Corden and John Bishop have been given the chance to drive a Marussia F1 at Silverstone for a TV programme.
Full story: Marussia
THURSDAY 26 APRIL
Ferrari have approached former Sauber technical director James Key about taking a role with the team, BBC Sport understands. It is not yet clear which position he was offered or whether he has accepted.
Former FIA presidential candidate Ari Vatanen has called on Formula 1 to consider the effect the Bahrain Grand Prix has on the Middle Eastern kingdom before it commits to a race in 2013. (Autosport magazine)
Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that he has still not got over the disappointment of his Bahrain Grand Prix - when he squandered sixth position on the grid.
Full story: Autosport
Williams have revealed their driver line-up for next week's Mugello test - test driver Valtteri Bottas will drive on Tuesday, Bruno Senna on Wednesday and Pastor Maldonado on Thursday.
Williams on Twitter
Force India test driver Jules Bianchi will drive for the team on the first day of the Mugello test on 1-3 May, handing over to Paul di Resta on Wednesday and Nico Hulkenberg on Thursday.
Full story: Force India
WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL
Backmarkers HRT have decided not to take part in next week's three-day test at Mugello in Italy. Instead, they are focusing on moving to their new headquarters in Madrid where they will continue to work on their car.
Full story: HRT
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says a deal for the return of the French Grand Prix has been done.
Full story: L'Equipe (in French)
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton says he may yet change his plans and participate in next month's Mugello test, which runs from 1-3 May, in the wake of McLaren's disastrous grand prix in Bahrain last weekend.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
GP2 driver Rodolfo Gonzalez will join Caterham race drivers Vitaly Petrov and Heikki Kovalainen at the fourth test of 2012 at Mugello.
Full story: Caterham
Lotus reserve driver Jerome D'Ambrosio will also be in action in Italy, alongside Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.
Full story: Lotus
Meanwhile, Lotus team principal Eric Boullier believes that Grosjean's performance in the Bahrain Grand Prix has proved that he has the potential to be world champion in the future.
Full story: Autosport
TUESDAY 24 APRIL
Formula 1 team bosses have hit out at the way the sport was turned into a political battleground on the back of media coverage of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Full story: Autosport
Bahrain International Circuit chairman Zayed Alzayani has claimed the staging of this year's grand prix is proof that officials made the correct call in pushing for the event to happen.
Full story: Sport Business
MONDAY 23 APRIL
McLaren are to look into another pit-stop delay after Lewis Hamilton was denied a chance to win in Bahrain and said "it's the team's job to sort that out".
Full story: the Sun
Formula 1 teams were caught in lengthy queues at Heathrow, which has led immigration officials to call for more border staff.
Full story: Evening Standard
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