Jenson Button may have won and increased his championship lead in Bahrain at the weekend, although all was not well for the Englishman inside the Brawn-Mercedes. Whereas Fernando Alonso had no working drinks bottle for the duration of the race, the Englishman suffered from burning cockpit temperatures.

BMW Sauber boss Mario Theissen hopes his team can make the necessary improvements to recover from their worst start to a Formula 1 season.

Rubens Barrichello has crushed rumours that he may be replaced by another driver in the Brawn team before the conclusion of the 2009 season. It was the view of many that the Brazilian was heading for retirement at the end of last year, but was re-signed by the newly-bought, ex-Honda team for the start of this year.

iSport International boss Paul Jackson has revealed that he is considering making the move up to F1 next year, should the FIA go ahead and introduce its £30m budget cap formula.

The iSport team has cleared up rumours suggesting that the team may be considering a move into Formula One next year, as the FIA proposes the option of a budget cap. The Norfolk-based team is currently running in the GP2 feeder series, and took Timo Glock to the title in 2007.

Having known Ecclestone for some time, Pitpass' business editor Chris Sylt has come to expect curveballs at meetings with the F1 supremo. However, even he was taken aback by what Ecclestone had to say when he met him recently.

ITV has won a BAFTA for its coverage of 2008's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, in which Lewis Hamilton claimed the required fifth position on the final corner of the race to claim the world title; the prestigious prize has now been won by the British broadcaster for the third consecutive year.

On Wednesday, the FIA's famed 2010 F1 budget cap will be put before the World Council and rumours about potential teams which could take advantage of it have been flooding the media for the past few weeks.

The wealth of Bernie Ecclestone has dropped by over £930 million this year in comparison to 2008; the F1 supremo and commercial rights holder of the sport does remain in the top 25 of Britain's richest people, however, and is the only Formula One personality to be seen anywhere near the top of the list.

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo travelled to Bahrain this weekend to witness the Italian car manufacturer's Formula 1 team. According to the Italian there are a number of reasons why Ferrari has had such a poor start of the season and one of them being the badly written rules.

Scuderia Toro Rosso will fit the team's STR4 with a brand-new difuser for next week's Spanish Grand Prix. As the Formula 1 teams are extremely close in the midfield the Italians hope to move up the field with the new diffuser.

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he considered quitting Formula 1 after the scandal in which he was found guilty of lying to the race stewards at the Australian Grand Prix. The reigning world champion in Formula One was not sure if he wanted to stay involved with the sport.