The European Grand Prix in Valencia, the ninth race of the 2010 season, is the 500th Grand Prix Lotus has competed in, an historic landmark in the Lotus legend.

Sam Bird will have a busy Festival of Speed as he drives two Formula One cars from two very different eras up the famous Goodwood hillclimb.

It has been confirmed that ex Renault F1 man Romain Grosjean has joined the new-for-2010 Auto GP series ahead of this weekend’s round at Spa-Francorchamps. The news follows the Franco-Swiss driver’s outing in the Le Mans 24 Hours two weekends ago.

Renault are not the only team debuting a new specification front wing in Valencia this weekend, as Force India will also be making best use of a fresh design on the Spanish seafront.

No not that one! Rather, Ferrari has confirmed that McLaren's former chief engineer Pat Fry is to join the Maranello outfit next week.

Ferrari appoint Pat Fry as assistant technical director less than six weeks after he quit McLaren.

Rubens Barrichello heads to Spain this weekend after ending his five-year victory drought with a win in the European Grand Prix last year. Having switched from Brawn GP to Williams over the winter break, the Brazilian now aims for a solid improvement after a difficult weekend last time out in Canada.

Valencia was really where our performance started to show through last year so we are all looking forward to going back there.

Ferrari has confirmed on Tuesday morning that former McLaren Chief Engineer Pat Fry has joined the Italian team as Assistant Technical Director. The 46-year-old Surrey man departed the Woking squad at the end of last month and will now be working alongside Aldo Costa.

Having raced with Campos in GP2, Vitaly Petrov is no stranger to the Spanish city of Valencia as he returns for the European Grand Prix this weekend. Following on from a difficult weekend in Canada last time out, the Russian driver is now pinning hopes on a new Renault front wing as well as floor.

Williams has revealed that it will introduce the latest version of its f-duct system as Formula 1 hits the streets of Valencia's port complex for the third time this weekend. The Grove squad debuted the rear wing-stalling device for the Chinese Grand Prix but since Spain has elected to run without it.

GP2 driver Sam Bird is set to pilot a title-winning McLaren of 1974 as well as this year's Williams at next weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Roehampton man, who also played a role in the ever-popular event last year, is currently competing in his first GP2 season for ART Grand Prix.

As part of the run-up to this year's British Grand Prix, which will be held at Silverstone on 11 July, tickets have gone on sale for the exclusive Aura GP Lounge at Paramount in London's Centre Point.

As part of the run-up to this year's British Grand Prix, which will be held at Silverstone on 11 July, tickets have gone on sale for the exclusive Aura GP Lounge at Paramount in London's Centre Point.