Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that he was not surprised when Lewis Hamilton outpaced F1’s new reigning champion in Bahrain two weeks ago.

Within two minutes of Paul di Resta’s first beach visit in Australia, he was within metres of a seven-foot shark.

According to rumours in the Albert Park paddock on Thursday, the FIA has asked Bridgestone to consider supplying a more extreme selection of tyres at future grands prix.

Tom Kristensen has been named as the driver representative on the F1 stewards panel at this weekend’s Australian grand prix.

David Coulthard has hinted he is close to agreeing a deal to race with Mercedes in the German touring car series DTM in 2010.

With Sauber preparing to try a McLaren-style air inlet system in Melbourne, Ferrari has revealed it is not ready to race a similar innovation on its F10 car.

Red Bull’s Mark Webber on Thursday said he was not angry despite Lewis Hamilton telling the media in Melbourne that he might retire at the end of 2010.

According to rumours from the Melbourne pitlane on Wednesday, Sauber is ready to test an initial version of the controversial McLaren-style knee-activated air inlet system.