A raft of updates appeared on several of the front-running cars in Valencia. As in 2009 when Brawn dominated the first half of the season with its double diffuser, Red Bull has enjoyed a similar performance advantage this year. The key difference is that in the first few races no-one could put a finger on why the RB6 was so quick

There’s much more to the Goodwood Festival of Speed than just the Formula 1 cars. Here’s a collection of my ten favourite non-F1 cars at the show this year, including some stunning Alfa Romeos, an Indianapolis 500-winning Lotus and more. Lotus-Ford 38 Lotus-Ford 38 This is the very car that Jim Clark won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 with

Lewis Hamilton performed for the crowds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed today. He took over the McLaren MP4-2C driven by Jenson Button yesterday and later drove his title-winning MP4-23. Also turning up at the Festival for the first time this weekend were Heikki Kovalainen and Mercedes reserve driver Nick Heidfeld.

Circuit testing during an F1 season has been almost entirely banned since the start of last season But now several prominent figures in F1 have voiced a desire to bring back in-season testing in the near future.

The Formula One Teams’ Association expects to reduce carbon emissions in the sport by 12.4% by 2012.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Valencia, 2010 Having pilloried the European Grand Prix stewards in the 48 hours following the race, Ferrari have begun to tone down their criticism of Sunday’s event. Fernando Alonso was first to take a step back from his earlier criticism of the race as “manipulated”, saying “we should talk about it together in a calm way, to ensure that things like this do not happen again.” Alonso said: We were particularly unlucky in terms of the timing of when the safety car appeared on track.

Having pilloried the European Grand Prix stewards in the 48 hours following the race, Ferrari have begun to tone down their criticism of Sunday’s event. Fernando Alonso was first to take a step back from his earlier criticism of the race as “manipulated”, saying “we should talk about it together in a calm way, to ensure that things like this do not happen again.” Alonso said : We were particularly unlucky in terms of the timing of when the safety car appeared on track. It would have only needed a few seconds more or less to totally change our race.

Lucas di Grassi had his best race weekend of the year so far, out-qualifying his team mate for the first time and finishing first of the new teams. Timo Glock Lucas di Grassi Qualifying position 22 21 Qualifying time comparison (Q1) 1′42.140 (+0.054) 1′42.086 Race position 19 17 Average race lap 1′49.796 (+0.513) 1′49.283 Laps 55/57 56/57 Pit stops 2 1 You need to upgrade your Flash Player Open lap times interactive chart in new window Timo Glock Like his team mate, Glock didn’t pit for tyres during the safety car period but had to bring his pit stop forward after a heavy lock-up.

Karun Chandhok had a good weekend, out-qualifying his team mate and enjoying a largely trouble-free race. Karun Chandhok Bruno Senna Qualifying position 23 24 Qualifying time comparison (Q1) 1′42.600 (-0.251) 1′42.851 Race position 18 20 Average race lap 1′49.779 (-0.546) 1′50.325 Laps 55/57 55/57 Pit stops 1 2 You need to upgrade your Flash Player Open lap times interactive chart in new window Karun Chandhok Was passed by Timo Glock on the last lap but ultimately took the place back as Glock was later handed a penalty for ignoring blue flags.

Had Mercedes not brought Michael Schumacher into the pits during the safety car he might have enjoyed the seventh-placed finish which went to Kamui Kobayashi . After the race Ross Brawn said he felt Schumacher’s race had been spoiled by a mis-application of the safety car rules . However Nico Rosberg salvaged some pride with a point for tenth place