Former FIA President Jean-Marie Balestre dies

The former president of the FIA, Jean-Marie Balestre has passed away on Friday at the age of 86. The Frenchman was the FIA's president from 1986 and was replaced in 1991 by FIA's current president Max Mosley.

Two races, two consecutive second places, a tally of 19 points, second in the constructors' championship - the BMW Sauber F1 Team has made a textbook start to the 2008 season. The plan is to continue this positive trend at the Bahrain Grand Prix but technical director Willy Rampf refuses to get carried away.

Robert Kubica is confident he can have another strong weekend at the wheel of his BMW in Bahrain after claiming a solid second place finish at the Malaysian Grand Prix last weekend.

Honda is making steady progress according to new team boss Ross Brawn who has been brought in to change the fortunes of the ailing works outfit. The team had struggled in pre-season testing, but has not done as badly as expected in the first two rounds of the season.

Earlier this week former Formula 1 team owner Eddie Jordan blocked an access toad to the Force India F1 team's factory in a dispute over access to the site over a piece of land that Jordan still owns. The Force India F1 team though has said it is not effecting the team fortunately.

Honda team boss Ross Brawn says his team is still aiming for 2009 for its major breakthrough, despite a better than expected start to the season in which Jenson Button finished in the top ten at Malaysia.