It is understood that Charlie Whiting, the FIA's race director, official starter and safety delegate, is in the process of visiting US F1's North Carolina HQ in order to report back on the state of the team's progress.

Full results from the 2010 Spanish Grand Prix

Full practice results from the 2010 Australian Grand Prix

Stefan GP boss Zoran Stefanovic remains confident that his team will be on the grid this season, claiming that he hopes to get the nod from the sport's governing body within the next week.

Just 24 hours after it was announced that he was leaving Force India, James Key has been named as Sauber's new technical director.

On Wednesday morning it was announced that James Key had left the Force India F1 team with immediate effect. In the afternoon the 38-year-old Englishman was able to reveal he will replace Willy Rampf as BMW Sauber F1's technical director.

On Wednesday morning it was announced that James Key (top) had left the Force India F1 team with immediate effect. In the afternoon, the 38-year-old Englishman was able to reveal that he will replace Willy Rampf as Sauber Technical Director.

Andrew Benson wonders whether anyone catch pace-setters Ferrari as the teams head into this week's crucial final pre-season test in Barcelona.

Force India technical director James Key leaves the team, plus other gossip and rumours.

The Australian Grand Prix Corporation announced Australian airline company Qantas as this year's naming rights sponsor and premier partner for the 2010 Australian Grand Prix. Qantas has a long history of partnership with the Grand Prix since Formula One came to Australia in 1985.

US F1 driver Jose Maria Lopez could be exciting the team before he even completed a lap for the Charlotte based outfit. As US F1 is about to miss the start of the 2010 Formula 1 season Lopez now wishes to join an other new team in Formula 1: Campos. According to his manager an announcement could come as early as this Thursday.

Force India's technical director James Key has left the team with immidiate effect to pursue new opoprtunties the Silverstone based team announced on Wednesday. The team's design director, Mark Smith, will become the team's new technical director and will assume responsibility for the entire mechanical and aerodynamic design of the team's challengers.

The Locstein Group, which was said to be one of the primary sponsors of the beleaguered US F1 team has officially confirmed that it has chosen to withdraw from further involvement in the American team.

Bridgestone has confirmed to GPUpdate.net that it has not modified plans to depart Formula 1 at the end of the upcoming season. Speculation has been generated following recent reports in the Spanish media which claim that the Japanese manufacturer is being encouraged to stay by F1 governing body the FIA.                     

Alvaro Parente has announced a last minute deal with the Coloni team to join the team at this weekend's race in Bahrain in the GP2 Asia Series.

Further details are coming to light about the resignation of Nick Fry from the board of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix, the company which runs the Mercedes F1 team.