Lewis Hamilton was at the McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) on Wednesday evening to help team partners TAG Heuer celebrate its 150th anniversary. The famous watchmakers have also announced an extension to their McLaren partnership

This week’s young driver test at Jerez has given the teams the opportunity to carry out some all important out of season work whilst still observing the FIA’s winter ban, but it’s also allowed a troupe of young hopefuls to live out their Formula One dreams for a few days. One of those currently on cloud nine is DTM driver Paul di Resta, who has been charged with driving Force India’s VJM02.

Andy Soucek led the times at Jerez on Tuesday, as this week’s three-day young driver test got underway at the Spanish circuit. Soucek, testing for Williams as a prize for winning this year’s Formula Two championship, clocked a best time of 1m 19.158s to finish two-tenths ahead of Paul di Resta in the Force India.

McLaren’s Gary Paffett proved on Wednesday that experience is still a valuable commodity in Formula One racing, after dominating the second day of this week’s young driver test at Jerez in Spain. The 28-year-old Englishman, who first tested for the team in 2001, was the only man to dip below the 1m 19s mark, clocking a best time of 1m 18.718s to finish almost half a second ahead of 2010 Williams’ driver Nico Hulkenberg…

Although frustrated he only finished tenth for Force India on the Jerez timesheets, 21 year-old American JR Hildebrand was pleased with his progress during the opening day of this week’s young driver test. Here Indy Lights champion Hildebrand relives his first taste of Formula One power and looks ahead to getting back in the car on Wednesday afternoon…

Following a season that saw them clinch five pole positions, six victories and second place in the constructors’ championship, Red Bull can be forgiven for spending a little time celebrating before they knuckle down to their 2010 preparations. And last weekend the team did just that, throwing an extravagant party for the entire team at a country house near their Milton Keynes factory

The FIA published the entry list for the 2010 world championship on Monday evening, featuring 12 rather than the expected 13 teams. According to the FIA, this is related to Toyota’s planned withdrawal and an announcement regarding their entry will be made in due course.

Octane Racing Group Incorporated (Octane), of Montreal, is proud to announce that it has reached an agreement with Formula One Administration Limited and Formula One World Championship Limited (together, the F1 Commercial Rights Holder) to act as promoter of the FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA as a round of the FIA Formula One World Championship in each of the years 2010 to 2014. The FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2010 will take place on June 11-13 at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve…

Oliver Turvey, who won the 2006 McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, will be given his prize drive by McLaren during this week’s young driver winter test at Jerez. Turvey, who has already undergone a seat fitting at McLaren’s factory, will get his first taste of Formula One power in the British team’s MP4-24 at the Spanish circuit.

If anyone feared Ferrari’s Felipe Massa may have lost his competitive edge in the accident that fractured his skull and ended his 2009 F1 season prematurely back in July, they were proved wrong over the weekend, as Massa completed his first race outing at his annual International Challenge of the Stars karting event in Brazil…