Sebastien Bourdais says he feared his chances of landing an F1 drive had gone, but at 29 he is set to line up for his first season at the wheel for Scuderia Toro Rosso.

STR3 to make debut in Turkey

Ferrari lands former Spyker sponsor

McLaren Mercedes has snapped up a new sponsor and official supplier in photographic services company Olympus, formerly a Ferrari sponsor.

Test Times: Paul Ricard 12-03

Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber will enjoy his home Grand Prix this weekend in Melbourne. The 31-year-old from Queanbeyan, Australia, expect it will be a tough and close fight this season with at least three other F1 teams that Webber expects to be as competitive as Red Bull Racing.

Felipe Massa is looking forward to the opening race this weekend in Melbourne. The Ferrari driver from Brazil is expecting an exciting Formula 1 season and believes Ferrari can fight for the championship title. According to Massa the team is in better shape now than at the start of the 2007 F1 season.

Australian GP: Press Conference schedule

Mosley outlines his vision for the greener future of F1

The organizers of the Australian Grand Prix proposed to move the start of the race to 5pm next year in order to reach a bigger audience in Europe. Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone though insisted the race will run at night to reach a bigger audience in Europe. "The race start at 5.00pm doesn't help a lot," Ecclestone said.

Massa: We are starting from a good baseline

Since June 1993, Ferrari had the name of Jean Todt at its head, but this year sees a change: while Todt continues as Ferrari's CEO the role of F1 team principal is now in the hands of former sporting director, Stefano Domenicali who is optimistic but cautious about making predictions for this season.