Formula One fans are in for a treat this season.

Formula One fans are in for a treat this season. With 12 teams, 24 drivers and four world champions on the grid, it promises to be the most thrilling championship in years

The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) met in Bahrain on Thursday and agreed a number of matters in relation to the FIA Formula One World Championship. Among them were a new selection process for a potential 13th team next season and the appointment of Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher to the FIA’s Circuits Commission.

If anyone feared Ferrari’s Felipe Massa may have lost his competitive edge in the accident that fractured his skull and ended his 2009 F1 season prematurely back in July, they were proved wrong over the weekend, as Massa completed his first race outing at his annual International Challenge of the Stars karting event in Brazil…

Renault have revealed their line-up for next week’s young driver test in Spain. Reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion Bertrand Baguette, Chinese driver Ho-Pin Tung and the French team’s third driver Lucas Di Grassi will share driving duties during the three-day session at Jerez

Although still officially contracted to 2009 employers Renault, it seems Fernando Alonso is eager to make himself at home at Ferrari ahead of his debut for the Italian team next season. And this week Alonso made his second semi-official visit to their Maranello headquarters, just a few weeks after his first trip. The Spaniard spent two ‘intense’ days with the team, touring the factory and talking to engineers as they continue their preparations for 2010

Vice-President of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Norbert Haug has agreed to become a patron of the F1 in Schools Challenge in Germany.

He may have to wait until next year to make his Formula One return, but Ferrari’s Felipe Massa will get the chance to sharpen his racing skills at his annual International Challenge of the Stars karting event in Brazil this weekend. It will be the first time Massa has driven competitively since he fractured his skull during an accident at July’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

Although he ended his 2009 season as disappointed runner-up to Brawn GP’s Jenson Button in the drivers’ championship, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has received a boost from German motoring organisation, ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club), after being named their ‘motorsportsman of the year’ this week. ADAC is Europe’s largest automobile club, with more than 16 million members

Former Renault Formula One tester Jose Maria Lopez says he expects to be confirmed as a 2010 race driver for the new US F1 Team very soon.