Red Bull picked up their pole position string again in Valencia on Saturday afternoon, as Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber sewed up the front row for the European Grand Prix. Going into the final runs of Q3 it was the Australian who held the advantage, but Vettel put a superb lap together to snatch the premier starting slot away, stopping the clocks in 1m 37.587s. Webber improved, but 1m 37.662s wasn’t quite enough…

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

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…

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

Bridgestone will take the unusual step of bringing tyres from opposing ends of their dry-weather compound range to next month’s German Grand Prix. It means there will be two steps, rather than the usual one, between rubber types at Hockenheim.

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…

As they looked ahead to their first season in Formula One racing, 2010′s three new teams faced a mountain to climb. It’s tough for any competitor to keep up, but when you’re up against rivals who have survived for decades, have seemingly unlimited resources at their disposal and have won countless championships, the nerves are bound to be jangling. But for one new team the weight of expectation must have felt particularly heavy.

For the first time this season, Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi left a Grand Prix feeling pleased with his result following last weekend’s Canadian round. Buemi’s strong Montreal race saw him finish eighth, which in turn boosted the solitary point he had gleaned from May’s Monaco Grand Prix to a total tally of five