Absolutely no nudity in today’s round-up. Probably… Links Peter Sauber on saving his team (Autosport, subscription required) “Roughly speaking, our current budget is the same as in 2005. In those days we had Ferrari engines [as, ironically, the team does now], and in Petronas we had an engine sponsor

Toyota’s former F1 boss Tadashi Yamashina has said the company isn’t interested in competing in F1 because it is too distant from ordinary drivers. Speaking to Automotive News Yamasina said Toyota, who announced its decision to quit F1 within days of the 2009 season finale, would have happened regardless of the credit crunch: It might not have been so abrupt, but it would have happened. President [Akio] Toyoda’s stance on motorsports is geared more toward the customer.

It’s not just overtaking: we need better TV coverage and more varied circuits How can F1 become better?

Gravaters are back – at least for the time being. Here’s today’s round-up: Links Visit the Williams Collection (Williams) “For the first time, the RBS Williams F1 Conference Centre will be opening its doors for two days of public tours of the private Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection, the largest Formula One Collection in the world.” Who’s going? Comment of the day In our ongoing discussion about making F1 better Cacarella is one of several people who’ve suggested changing nothing in the rules, but simply covering the sport better: I think the best thing that F1 could do to improve racing and ‘the show’ (i hate that term as well), is to leave the sport alone.

What is the point of Formula 1? We began our discussion about how to make F1 better yesterday by asking what made F1 great in the past and what – if anything – is missing from it now

St Petersburg is one of nine non-oval tracks in IndyCar this year In the first of a new series, readers are invited to put their case for another racing series F1 fans should watch. I’ll start the ball rolling by banging the drum for IndyCar

Final practice and qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix are coming up today so make sure you join us on the live blogs. Before that is the deadline to get your predictions in for this week’s race so remember to submit them before the third practice session begins. Links Willis unimpressed by HRT’s car design (Autosport) “I’m less worried about the overall performance, because the aero programme was stopped quite some while ago, and it was a relatively small aero programme

Audi aim to hit back at Peugeot at Le Mans this year We’re all F1 fanatics here but even with a biggest-ever calendar of 19 races this year that still leaves 33 F1-free weekends. So what’s the other must-see racing action in 2010 this year? Here’s my top ten picks – name yours below

Bridgestone tests F1 tyres ahead of what could their their last season Bridgestone announced last year it will stop supplying F1 tyres at the end of 2010. On the face of it, replacing them might not seem like the most pressing problem FIA president Jean Todt has to deal with. But F1 teams will be pressing ahead with their 2011 car designs soon and for that they’ll need to know what tyres they’re going to be using.

I’m putting the finishing touches to today’s round-up as NASCAR’s Daytona 500 comes to an end after the best part of seven hours. Glad I only tuned in for the last two laps… The race was interrupted twice because of the track breaking up. You have to go back to 1985 to find an F1 race which was disrupted in the same way – that year’s Belgian Grand Prix had to be re-scheduled after the circuit disintegrated