Ryan Hunter-Reay remains one of the drivers to beat when the IZOD IndyCar Series visits a temporary street circuit. The Andretti Autosport driver, who won the last time the series visited a street course -- at Long Beach in mid-April -- raced to the top of the time chart with a lap of 1:02.1433 (101.668 mph) late in the second practice session as IZOD IndyCar Series teams opened preparations for the Honda Indy Toronto on the 1.75-mile, 11-turn circuit at Toronto's Exhibition Place. 

Dean Stoneman converted his dominant practice form into his third pole position of the season at Brands Hatch, the Briton finishing four tenths clear of the rest of the field and breaking the F2 lap record in the process.

After Sakon Yamamoto gave a very positive performance in Silverstone, the team has decided to give the Japanese driver another opportunity to drive the car alongside Bruno Senna. Karun Chandhok is still part of the Hispania Racing, HRT F1 Team family and is likely to be in the car at some later races this season.

Indian Karun Chandhok will stand down for the German Grand Prix as his Hispania team opt for Sakon Yamamoto and Bruno Senna.

Hispania will try to recap another two car finish, which would be the third in a row and the fifth of the season.

Casey Stoner finished Friday as the second-quickest runner in Germany although the Australian is sure that Ducati must work non-stop in order to stay as close to the front of the field for the remainder of the weekend.

Dani Pedrosa was yet to lead a Friday practice session in 2010 until today although the Spaniard is delighted to have begun his German Grand Prix weekend in the best possible way.

Ganassi’s Scott Dixon finished atop the Toronto timesheets in the opening practice session on Friday as the IndyCar Series makes its first trip of the season to Canada. However, it was a bittersweet session for the 2008 Champion as he was involved in a collision with Takuma Sato’s KV Racing car shortly before the chequered flag flew.

Valentino Rossi shocked all on Friday afternoon by finishing only two hundredths of a second off team-mate Jorge Lorenzo’s pace in first practice for the German Grand Prix, despite returning from a broken leg only six weeks after his Mugello accident.

Like KV Racing and Takuma Sato in America’s IndyCar Series, the Litespeed squad will be running a Lotus Formula 1-like livery in British Formula 3, starting with this weekend’s meeting at Rockingham.

Räikkönen Robert Racing led the way as Brazil’s Felipe Nasr topped the timesheets in Rockingham’s test session on Friday, confirming that the team is the quickest ahead of this weekend’s three rounds at the same track.

Honda’s Dani Pedrosa led the way in Friday’s first practice session ahead of the German Grand Prix. With the Spaniard at the top of the timesheets and championship leader Jorge Lorenzo’s Yamaha sixth, returning Champion Valentino Rossi surprised all by posting the seventh best effort.

Dean Stoneman, having topped Brand Hatch’s first practice session on Friday morning, has remained quickest in the afternoon period. The British driver, heading into the weekend’s first qualifying session later today, leads the way from compatriots Will Bratt and Tom Gladdis. 

Sébastien Buemi has denied confirming his 2011 Toro Rosso contract, despite Team Principal Franz Tost having announced otherwise on Thursday. Instead, the Swiss driver has explained that certain points are yet to be agreed upon.

Following reports in the German media, 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has confirmed that he is seeking an entry in the 2011 Formula One World Championship.

Having tested the component in Friday practice at Silverstone, McLaren eventually elected not to run their exhaust-blown diffuser, although the championship-leading squad will be experimenting further next week.

Britain’s Dean Stoneman topped the timesheets in the first of two practice sessions at Brands Hatch on Friday. Behind the man who is placed second overall, whose best effort was 1:16.838, fellow countryman Tom Gladdis and Austria’s Philipp Eng completed the top three as championship leader Jolyon Palmer set the fourteenth quickest time.

Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve lodges an entry to run his own team in Formula 1 in 2011.

Sebastien Buemi denies committing to Toro Rosso; plus other stories and rumours

After two good races we obviously want to carry on the momentum as best we can at Hockenheim.

The German Grand Prix at Hockenheim is a classic for Mercedes-Benz, and with particular pleasure we remember the last race in 2008 when Lewis Hamilton won in a McLaren Mercedes.

Of the many entrants in our recent competition only 12 correctly predicted that the British GP would be won by Mark Webber and that there would be 20 official finishers.

We're looking at undertaking a major test programme on Friday at Hockenheim. This will involve both drivers running back-to-back evaluations with the T2 and T3 floors.

To put a stop to F1's unstable rules Bernie Ecclestone has suggested that the sport may "need an independent body, independent from the teams and the FIA writing the regulations".

The proposed Formula One theme in Dubai always sounded like an odd proposition, it has now been confirmed by Bernie Ecclestone that it "is not happening".

"If Schumacher doesn't perform I doubt whether he will want to stay," says Bernie Ecclestone adding "I don't think it was a mistake for him to come back. He is obviously fit, motivated and talented. The car hasn't been up to Michael."

Everyone has their own ideas on how to improve the F1 show and although they tend to differ, the one consistent message is that something needs to be done. Now Nigel Mansell has weighed in on the debate.

Following meetings at the British Grand Prix last weekend, Autosport reports that Formula 1’s teams have mutually agreed to put a stop to additional test outings which some have been able to manage this year, despite there being a strict ban on in-season running outside of race weekends.

Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo is pleased to see team-mate Valentino Rossi back in action this weekend, as the MotoGP field prepares for the first free practice session in Germany this afternoon.