Germany’s Johannes Theobald will make his first outing in Formula 2 this weekend, doing so as the championship heads to his home country and the Oschersleben circuit. The 23-year-old already has family connections in the series, as brother Julian has competed at the past two events.

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has confirmed that Canada’s Paul Tracy will be competing with the outfit for the upcoming IndyCar Series rounds at the Kentucky Speedway and the Japanese meeting at Motegi.

Rather than taking time out or preparing for next week's all-important Italian Grand Prix, championship hopeful Mark Webber will be back on track next Tuesday raising money for a fellow driver.

Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber is running a fundraising campaign in order to ease the recovery of New Zealander’s Chris Van der Drift, who was injured in a heavy accident in a Superleague Formula event at Brands Hatch a month ago.

It has been confirmed that Virgin Racing Formula 1 driver Lucas di Grassi is now a minority shareholder of the Addax GP3 team, which this season has been running a line-up consisting of Britain’s Oliver Oakes alongside current drivers Felipe Guimarães of Brazil, Mirko Bortolotti of Italy and Pablo Sanchez López of Mexico.

World Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo, despite being fractionally caught by Dani Pedrosa at Indianapolis, heads into this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix with a highly comfortable points margin of 67 over his compatriot with seven races to go in the 2010 season. The Yamaha rider now expects more of the same in Italy.

Force India Team Manager Andy Stevenson has clearly stated that his team’s mechanics must improve the speed of their pit-stops, having reviewed the services for Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Following Sunday's Indianapolis Grand Prix, third-placed championship man Andrea Dovizioso remains engaged in a tantalising five-way tussle for the position, as he now aims for a podium result in this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix.

This weekend will feature the third hosting of Ferrari Racing Days this year, when a selection of events organised by the Maranello outfit will be staged at Budapest’s Hungaroring circuit. However, Felipe Massa will attend as a special guest on this occasion in order to entertain crowds in his 2008 Formula 1 car.

Alexander Rossi has expressed his delight at ART Grand Prix’s achievement of winning the first-ever GP3 Constructors’ Championship, which it did in Belgium at the weekend as he finished second in Race 2.

Vitantonio Liuzzi eventually scored a point in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday although the Italian is sure that a possible four could have been picked up for eighth place, had he not been involved in a Bus Stop Chicane incident with former Toro Rosso team-mate Sebastian Vettel.

Thanks to official Williams team partner Green Flag, Nico Hülkenberg will be the guest in a live webchat this Thursday, answering questions provided by none other than the highly dedicated Formula 1 fans!