Renault driver Niko Hulkenberg has the kind of name that sounds like big could be his thing.

Nico Rosberg has expressed his shock after a driving event he was involved in left two people in hospital following an accident at the German football team’s training camp in northern Italy.

Lewis Hamilton is relishing the prospect of going head to head with Michael Schumacher next season.

Mercedes-Benz Motorsport vice-president Norbert Haug has insisted that the German manufacturers are still fully supportive of McLaren’s Formula One efforts despite the fallout from Lewis Hamilton’s disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix.

McLAREN boss Ron Dennis has again firmly stressed there will be no favouritism when Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso face a win-or-bust clash for the Formula One world title in Brazil.