Michael Schumacher issued a rare apology, but it seemed less than wholehearted as he said sorry to former team-mate Rubens Barrichello for almost putting him in the wall in the Hungarian Grand Prix.

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has warned Jenson Button not to be too cautious in his bid to clinch the Formula One world title.

US media baron David Thomson has been named as the buyer of the £49.5m (€77m) Rubens' masterpiece, Massacre of the Innocents.