Felipe Massa is to give Ferrari's 2010 contender its first run with a session planned at Fiorano following Thursday's launch.

Felipe Massa will have the honour on Thursday to complete the first laps with Ferrari's 2010 contender. After Thursday's presentation of the team's new car Massa will complete the first laps with the new car at Ferrari's private track Fiorano.

Felipe Massa will have the honour of completing the first laps in Ferrari's 2010 car on Thursday. Following the team's offficial pre-season presentation at its Maranello headquarters, Paulista Massa will take to the wheel at the private Fiorano test track.

David Coulthard exchanged the steering wheel for the microphone last year as his first retirement season saw him join Jake Humphrey and Eddie Jordan in British television presenting as Formula 1 returned to the BBC for the first time since 1996.

Michael Schumacher has said that he could continue racing beyond his current three-year deal with Mercedes.

Silverstone has confirmed that it is currently in discussions with Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Management (FOM, commercial rights holder for the sport) with the objective being to host this year's British Grand Prix on the brand-new Arena circuit. 

Having worked with Michael Schumacher for the majority of his Formula 1 career, Ross Brawn is used to witnessing dominant race performances from the 7-time World Champion. However, the Englishman admits that he would rather ensure equivalence in the Mercedes team as to opposed to having a single pace-setting driver.

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Providing its servers can take it, Ferrari will show the launch of its 2010 contender, the 281, live on its website tomorrow (Thursday).

José María López does not hide the fact that he doubted ever racing in Formula 1, having left Europe in 2007 due to a lack of opportunities. After spending two years in South America, the Argentinean will make his F1 debut with the new US F1 team this season.

Michael Schumacher has admitted that the plan to return to Formula 1 for three years was more a suggestion from his team rather than himself. The 7-time World Champion will driver Mercedes' first F1 car for 55 years on Monday afternoon as official pre-season testing begins in Spain.

Ferrari has announced that the unveiling of its 2010 car on Thursday will be broadcast live online. The contender, which is being launched at the team's Maranello base, will be the first for former double World Champion Fernando Alonso as he switches from Renault.

The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) - which represents all entrants on the grid - has developed a new proposal regarding tyres for this season, which involves the top qualifiers being obliged to start races on the same set of tyres with which they finished qualifying.

Tony Teixeira, head of the currently postponed A1 Grand Prix series, has revealed that he is in talks with the Campos Meta team ahead of its Formula 1 debut this year. The South African is looking to buy into the Madrid-based outfit as rumours continue to circulate regarding its financial stability.

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A1 GP boss Tony Teixeira has admitted that he is in talks with Campos Meta with regards buying a stake in the Spanish outfit, while revealing that any possible deal has to involve his own series.

Malaysia.QI-Meritus.Mahara.com has confirmed Alexander Rossi as Luca Filippi's team mate in the second round of the third GP2 Asia season.

Petronas has revealed that it did not specifically target Mercedes-Benz as a team to sponsor in Formula 1 this season; in fact, the Brackley-based outfit was one of four the Malaysian-owned oil and gas company was engaged in discussions with prior to sealing the deal with the outfit formerly known as Brawn GP.

US F1 signing Jose Maria Lopez has revealed that the US F1 contender will make its track debut in late February.

Renault's 2010-spec 2.4-litre V8 Formula 1 engine burst into life at the team's Enstone factory in England last Friday as the French marque prepares to head to Valencia for the first pre-season testing next week.

The Sauber team has renewed its sponsorship deal with Swiss watchmaker Certina. The two companies have been connected since 2005 and are pleased to refresh the link-up after Peter Sauber bought the Hinwil outfit back from German car manufacturer BMW ahead of the upcoming season.