Team Great Britain confirms line-up

Heikki Kovalainen is the latest in a line of understated Finnish drivers to make it into a top F1 drive, following Thursday's confirmation he will replace Fernando Alonso at Renault. Having spent the past year testing - and not racing - Kovalainen is mindful he will have to keep his cool at the start of his debut F1 season, amid incredibly pressure.

For the first time in his Formula 1 career, Felipe Massa met the press as the winner of the previous race. Massa was told he looked in good shape and the Brazilian confirmed that: "Yes, I am really happy with my life and work at the moment. The last five or six races have gone very well and I have started from the top three very often."

Italian GP - Thursday Press Conference

F1 will miss Michael Schumacher if he's not on the grid next year, say fellow drivers.

Kovalainen says Renault will help him cope with the pressures of his F1 rookie year.

The Ferrari motorhome has never been as crowded as it was this afternoon in the Monza paddock. The reason was that, despite making it clear that no announcements about driver or other plans would be made until after Sunday's Italian Grand Prix, the world's press seemed to expect Michael Schumacher to make some sort of statement today.

The man who pulled Ford out of Formula One has stepped down as President and CEO of the company. Bill Ford Jnr called time on Ford’s involvement in F1 through its Jaguar brand late in the 2004 season, jeapordising the jobs of hundreds at its factory in Milton Keynes. Happily those jobs were saved by the [...]

Michael is confident but says a Ferrari win at home is not a foregone conclusion.

Is this the weekend Michael Schumacher quits F1? He's still not letting on...

Michael Schumacher refused to be drawn about his 2007 plans at Monza on Thursday.

Fernando reckons Michael has come to a decision about whether or not to retire.