Flavio's Spanish stash

Martin Brundle believes Kimi Raikkonen is the man to beat heading into the 2008 season.

A1 heads to Mexico

Jenson says early progress in testing has reassured him that Honda will recover.

Bernie Ecclestone says Melbourne only has an F1 future if it becomes a night race.

Lewis Hamilton believes that Ferrari and McLaren will not be able to monopolise the race wins in 2008 - and has tipped BMW and Renault to get amongst the top two.

McLaren Mercedes' new driver line-up for the 2008 season, Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen, will make their race debut as teammates in Australia next weekend. After a troubled 2007 season, the team is keen to get back to racing and team boss Martin Whitmarsh believes they are where they want to be in terms of performance.   "The team has completed, and in fact exceeded, our planned pre-season development plan with the MP4-23," Whitmarsh said. "The car is over 90% new from the car that finished the Brazilian Grand Prix and is the result of over 1000 people in Woking, Brixworth and Stuttgart working intensely to get it to the grid in Melbourne."

Bernie Ecclestone has cast doubt over the future of the Australian rand Prix saying unless organisers can make the race a night-time event down under, then it could all be over once the current contract expires in 2010.

Australian GP: Preview - Honda

Australian GP: Preview - McLaren

Hodna's new team principal Ross Brawn says he's waiting to see where his team stands after it made progress during the final private test of a difficult winter season.

Despite a more difficult winter testing programme than it would have liked, the BMW Sauber team has made plenty of progress with its new car and is still aiming to secure its frist Grand Prix victory in 2008.