The Senna name is back in F1 for the first time since 1994, courtesy of Bruno The likes of Michael Schumacher , Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton are always going to command the most attention in F1. But we shouldn’t overlook the rookie field of 2010, which is one of the most promising we’ve seen in years. And it includes the return of a name which is even more famous than those three

The exciting Kobayashi starts his first full season at Sauber This team endured a torrid season as BMW in 2009. Until a late update to their car brought them within touching distance of the leaders in the final races. Now back under the control of Peter Sauber, will they revert to their midfield role of the pre-BMW days, or get back on the upward curve which put Robert Kubica in contention for the title two years ago?

HRT have launched their 2010 F1 car but not tested it Adrian Campos’s dream of a Spanish F1 team will be realised in 2010 – but it won’t have his name on it. A late change of ownership means the team formerly known as Campos will instead race as HRT . Their car only appeared for the first time last week and hasn’t tested yet.

After a winter fraught by wet test days the teams will be relieved to find there’s no surprises in the Bahrain Grand Prix weather forecast. All three days are expected to be dry with temperatures slightly above 30C throughout.

The green and yellow is back – but how competitive will New Lotus be? Lotus were the last team to gain an entry for 2010 – but so far they look like the most promising of the new teams. Even so they’re still expecting to start the year around four seconds per lap off the pace .

Toro Rosso have developed the STR5 themselves from last year’s car Last season was a reality check for Toro Rosso after their giant-killing feats in 2008.

A BMW Sauber press release sent out over the weekend showed a new logo for the team (above) and referred to the team as ‘Sauber Motorsport’.

Renault have gone back to their classic yellow-black colour scheme It’s a new era for Renault with a new owner, new team principal and the Alonso-Briatore-Symonds partnership consigned to the history books. The team began the last two seasons poorly.

Force India’s director of business affairs, Ian Phillips, has left the team. He had been with them since they entered their first F1 race as Jordan in 1991. A statement issued by the team said: In 1990 Ian moved to the new 7-Up Jordan team as commercial manager, beginning a lifelong friendship with Eddie Jordan

The official 2010 F1 entry list has been published by the FIA . The US F1 team has been dropped from the list and Stefan GP do not appear in their place meaning there will only be 24 cars at the first race in Bahrain. A statement said: Having considered the various options, the FIA confirms that it is not possible for a replacement team to be entered for the Championship at this late stage