Sebastian Vettel pushed Robert Kubica off the top slot on the final lap of a gripping final practice session in Valencia this morning, as the leading runners slogged it out and those with ‘blown’ diffuser aerodynamics leapt ahead of the McLaren duo that had ruled the roost in Turkey and Canada. Vettel banged round in 1m 38.052s for Red Bull, pushing aside Kubica’s 1m 38.154s for Renault right at the end

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…

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…

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?

One is the man who made Formula One racing the global force that it is today. The other is the most successful driver of the modern era. Together they know the sport inside out – and both are uniquely qualified to provide an insight into the enigma that is Ferrari.

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.

He may have been a paddock fixture for 13 years, notched up 78 Grand Prix starts and 29 world championship points, but there’s probably an awful lot you don’t know about BMW Sauber’s Pedro de la Rosa. Ahead of his second home race of the season, the Spanish driver reveals a fear of flying, a youthful Smurf collection, and a worrying addiction to a certain Italian dessert..

In one fell swoop in Montreal, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton took a second consecutive victory and, most importantly, seized the top spot in the drivers’ championship. But with a lead of just three points from team mate Jenson Button, and with the Red Bull duo not far behind, Hamilton isn’t resting on his laurels just yet. In an interview with his official website, the British driver insists he’ll have to fight just at hard at every Grand Prix if he wants to secure his second world title…

Although McLaren’s Jenson Button had to watch team mate Lewis Hamilton take his second successive win at last weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, he left Montreal a very happy Formula One driver. Not only did Button’s second-place finish place boost him up the driver standings to within three points of the lead, but he climbed on a plane safe in the knowledge that the MP4-25 is finally a frontrunner. Now all he needs to do is improve his qualifying pace to take full advantage, as he explained to his official website…