The start of the 2010 season saw Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Buemi retreating into the shadows, with difficult races and unsatisfying results. Since Monaco, however, the Swiss driver has been on an upward trend, culminating in four points in Montreal. That has triggered a taste for more – starting in Valencia this weekend…

Many teams were keen to get out and try significant modifications to their aerodynamic packages in Valencia on Friday. The programmes were relatively uncomplicated on the medium compound Bridgestone prime tyres on the dusty track. That changed when they attempted to go quicker on the super soft compound option tyre, which grained laterally and transversely in the morning.

Fernando Alonso made best use of Ferrari’s new aero package to set the fastest lap in the second practice session in Valencia on Friday afternoon. The local hero’s 1m 39.283s best was 0.056s faster than Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel who recorded 1m 39.339s, and 0.144s ahead of the German’s team mate Mark Webber on 1m 39.427s…

Nico Rosberg pipped the two McLarens for the fastest time in Valencia on Friday morning, stopping the clocks for Mercedes GP with 1m 41.175s. That was 0.164s faster than Lewis Hamilton’s 1m 41.339s, and 0.208s better than Jenson Button’s 1m 41.383s. It’s early days, however, as the number of drivers running wide in Turn Two testified to the ‘green’ nature of the track, which remained extremely slippery.

This weekend’s European Grand Prix marks the notional halfway point of the 2010 world championship title fight, and sees a whole load of teams bringing updates to try to make ground on their rivals. Local hero Fernando Alonso and team mate Felipe Massa are pinning their hopes on a big aerodynamic upgrade to the Ferrari F10, with which the Spaniard was a threatening third recently in Canada. McLaren have more new bits for their MP4-25, the winner of the last two races in the hands of Lewis Hamilton…

Fancy slipping into the cockpit of your very own Formula One car? Fancy treating your child to best work experience they could want – a week working for the Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team? Or would you prefer to have a limited edition Gold & Tantalum Hublot Aerobang watch on your wrist?

The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council has agreed a number of significant changes to the Formula One regulations.

Ferrari announced on Tuesday that Pat Fry will join their technical department.

Over the coming races, Renault have a very clear aim – catch Mercedes GP in the constructors’ championship.

Upgrades, updates, developments – call them what you want, they mean performance in Formula One racing and the development race off the track is just as fierce as the battle on the track. Already this season, the development push has seen over a second of performance added to Renault’s R30 since the first race of the year in Bahrain.