The Force India team will officially unveil its third Formula 1 car later today as the Silverstone-based squad takes the covers off the Mercedes-powered VJM03. Along with Red Bull Racing, which will stage a Jerez presentation on Wednesday, Vijay Mallya's outfit is the first of two to launch a new car this week.

Lewis Hamilton zal in het Formule 1 seizoen van 2010 flink gestimuleerd worden door de aanwezigheid van Michael Schumacher, zo zegt BBC-analyst Eddy Jordan tegen The Daily Telegraph. Jordan weet zeker dat Hamilton bij de aanblik van de zevenvoudig wereldkampioen, naast hem op de grid, zijn motivatie en prestaties tot een hoger niveau zal willen brengen.

The BBC has confirmed that its on-screen television team will remain the same for 2010 after the federation took over the rights to air Formula 1 in the United Kingdom from ITV last year. Jake Humphrey will therefore continue to present the live shows with Jonathan Legard and Martin Brundle remaining in the commentary box.

2.4-litre V8 Formula 1 engines will not be the only music heard around Melbourne on the weekend of 26-28 March as race organisers for the Australian Grand Prix have once again put together a concert schedule, with a number of famous faces set to make appearances over the course of the weekend.

After three days of running in Valencia last week, the Formula 1 circus now heads south to Jerez for a further four days of on-track action in Spain, starting on Wednesday. On top of the seven teams which attended the Valencia session, three more new cars will be seen in Andalusia.

The Petrov family retains doubts over the seat of Formula 1 newcomer Vitaly for this season as the Renault team awaits payments from the Russian driver. The GP2 runner-up was confirmed alongside Robert Kubica after receiving financial credit from a personal friend although the bank loan is still yet to be received.

The Sauber team was pleased to see its hard work paying off in Valencia last week as Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi had their first taste of the C29 in pre-season testing. With several adjustments now being made, Technical Director Willy Rampf is positive that more forward steps will be made in Jerez this week.

With 24 of the 26 seats now filled ahead of the upcoming season, only the new Campos and US F1 teams are left to complete their driver line-ups as Formula 2 Champion Andy Soucek contemplates being the fourth Spanish driver on the grid.

Fernando Alonso to open Jerez testing for Ferrari, Bernie Ecclestone casts fresh doubt on new teams, plus other rumours.

Ferrari is preparing second test of the year, which runs from 10 to 13 February at Jerez de la Frontera.

Sauber drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi racked up exactly 1,001 kilometres in the first test of the 2010 season in Valencia. The team's technical director Willy Rampf gives his initial verdict