Despite the in-season test ban, Ferrari’s Luca Badoer got the chance to spend two days in the F60 at the Fiorano test track this week, as he took part in the shooting of a promotional video on Monday and Tuesday.

Ahead of his Formula One race debut at this weekend’s European Grand Prix, Renault’s Romain Grosjean talks about his preparations for the Valencia race, his illustrious team mate Fernando Alonso, and his hopes for the event…

Renault have announced that third driver Romain Grosjean will race for the team at this weekend’s European Grand Prix, and for the rest of the 2009 season.

Ferrari say that Felipe Massa’s recovery is continuing to go ‘very well’ after team principal Stefano Domenicali visited the Brazilian driver at his Sao Paulo home on Sunday. Massa sustained fractures to his skull after his helmet was struck by a loose component from another car during qualifying for the last round of the championship in Hungary, just over three weeks ago…

Renault are in Paris on Monday morning for the FIA International Court of Appeal’s hearing into the team’s suspension from this coming weekend’s European Grand Prix in Valencia. A result of the appeal is due on Tuesday afternoon. Renault were handed the punishment at the last round in Hungary, where the team were found at fault for allowing driver Fernando Alonso to leave the pits with a wheel that hadn’t been properly secured

At just 19, and with just one Grand Prix under his belt, Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari is by far the least experienced driver on the Formula One grid. However, Alguersuari, who was promoted to the Italian team’s race seat after Sebastien Bourdais was released from his contract early, is determined he’ll continue to race as much as possible outside of the F1 calendar to hone his skills

Last year saw Valencia host its very first European Grand Prix, and following a lengthy summer break, the drivers can’t wait to get back behind the wheel and race around the Spanish city’s streets. They and senior team members discuss their prospects for the event…

In terms of F1 sponsorship, LG is the new kid on the block.

Ari Vatanen has proposed the cabinet members he hopes to install in office, if he wins the FIA Presidential election later this year. With current incumbent Max Mosley set to stand down in October, Vatanen is running against ex-Ferrari team boss Jean Todt to take Mosley’s place in the Formula One governing body’s highest office. The former world rally champion has named German Hermann Tomczyk as his preferred deputy president for motorsport, Spaniard Fernando Falco y Fernandez de Cordova as his candidate to become the president of the FIA senate, and Bernard Tay from Singapore as his nominee for the office of deputy president for mobility…

After travelling back to his home country of Brazil on Monday, Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello has wasted no time in catching up with his good friend Felipe Massa. Barrichello visited Massa’s home on Wednesday, as his fellow Brazilian continues to recuperate from the fractured skull he sustained during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Updating his official Twitter page, Barrichello said: “I have spent the afternoon with Felipe.