South Africa will field a new driver for the first time since the Brands Hatch round in 2007 when Alan van der Merwe returns to take the wheel of Vulindlela this weekend.

Toyota's John Howett was both happy and disappointed after the Bahrain Grand Prix, a race in which Jarno Trulli finished third to claim a podium spot for the Japanese team. The team president believes a more aggressive strategy could have netted the team victory, however, after starting with both cars on the front row of the grid.

Team Monaco looks ahead to this weekend's event at Brands Hatch

A1 Team Malaysia will debut Aaron Lim at this weekend's round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport.

The Ferrari team has again been linked with a possible partnership with banking group Santander after the company's president was seen visiting the Italian squad in Bahrain at the weekend. The presence of Emilio Botin raises more speculation over former double World Champion Fernando Alonso moving to the team in 2011.

A1GP heads to Brands Hatch for the penultimate round of the 2008/09 season this weekend, with Dan Clarke hoping for success in front of his home crowd and Aaron Steele getting his first chance in the Rookie session at his local track.

Lewis Hamilton is upbeat about the future of McLaren following a painful start to the 2009 championship. Hamilton enjoyed his best result so far with fourth place in Bahrain on Sunday, coming after a dismal beginning to 2009 which featured disqualification in Australia amidst the 'liegate' scandal, which is set to meet its conclusion this week.

Nobody was more relieved to see Jenson Button win the Bahrain GP than Ross Brawn, who admits that his team has lost its initial advantage.

Sébastien Buemi's tough afternoon in Bahrain on Sunday was not helped by the fact that the Swiss driver's progress was hampered during the race after collecting the remains of a previous incident.

Tiago Monteiro will be running in this year's Le Mans 24 race, after signing up with the ORECA team. The former Jordan, Midland and Spyker F1 driver will be sharing the cockpit with Stephane Ortelli and Bruno Senna, in the car which claimed pole position and second place in Barcelona's opening round of the Le Mans Series at the beginning of April.

The BMW team is eager to debut an upgrade to its package for the Spanish Grand Prix next weekend. The Swiss-German team, which began development on its F1.09 in the second half of last year, has endured a tough start to this campaign but is hoping to propel Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld back up the rankings.