Nelson Piquet Jr. has finished in 27th place on his stock car racing debut. The former Renault driver set off from seventh in the Daytona round of the ARCA Re/Max series but became involved in several incidents as the race progressed, including one with fellow rookie and IndyCar pilot Danica Patrick.

Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed a clause in the Concorde Agreement allows teams to miss three races. However, this applies not only to those teams already in doubt, Campos and US F1, but all the teams contesting the 2010 championship.

A big week for Lotus Racing gets underway with the first start of the car's new Cosworth V8 engine at their UK headquarters.

Adrián Campos stresses that his team is working as hard as possible as rumours continue to circulate surrounding the future of the Madrid-based squad. The outfit, which plans to make the step up to Formula 1 from GP2 for this season, is one of the sport's four new teams for 2010.

Ferrari president urges caution about pace of new car, plus other rumours.

An eminent lawyer has predicted that the FIA could face more lawsuits from disgruntled recipients of its decisions and, crucially, its status as the sole arbiter of F1 disputes may have finally come to the end of the road.

Despite the failure of his bid to buy ailing Swedish car manufacturer Saab, Bernie Ecclestone admits to being on the lookout for something else.