Kimi Raikkonen signalled his intention to bounce back from McLaren’s German disappointment by going faster than his racing rivals in practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring today.

Kimi Raikkonen blazed the early trail today with hopes understandably high that the engine failures that have dogged him in practice at the last two grands prix are behind him.

McLaren have served notice the British Grand Prix is theirs for the taking on Sunday.

Jenson Button raised home crowd hopes today by going faster than his racing rivals in first practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Jarno Trulli gave Toyota their first-ever pole position with a stunning lap in qualifying for the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis today.

Ralf Schumacher has been forced to withdraw from this weekend’s United States Grand Prix, to be replaced by Ricardo Zonta at Toyota.

Juan Pablo Montoya hit back from his Canadian calamity to set the fastest time in first practice for the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis.

Pedro de la Rosa gave McLaren a clean sweep of fastest times in practice for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal today.

McLaren continued their Formula One masterclass in first practice for the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal today as Jenson Button hinted at a BAR revival.

Alex Wurz underlined McLaren’s superiority by easily claiming the fastest lap in second practice for the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring today.

Pedro de la Rosa set the fastest time in first practice for the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola today as both Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher showed signs of a return to form.

Ferrari showed off their new car in style in practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix this morning with Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello setting the fastest times of the race drivers.

Felipe Massa was the pace-setter in today’s second practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang on his team’s adopted home ground.

Toyota test driver Ricardo Zonta set the pace in day three of testing at Jerez yesterday.

BAR Honda test driver Anthony Davidson upset the odds yesterday, posting the quickest time in the first practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix as the British outfit snatched a one-two.

Michael Schumacher won the constructors’ championship for Ferrari in convincing style today by leading home a one-two in the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring for a record 12th win of the season.

Cristiano da Matta has been dropped by Toyota for the rest of the Formula One season, with test driver Ricardo Zonta called up as his replacement.

It has not been Jordan’s day at the German Grand Prix - nor has it been their weekend - as Zonta soon retired, and then Trulli spun his way down the back of the field following a tussle with the BAR of Olivier Panis on lap 13.

Eddie Jordan watched in horror this morning as both Jarno Trulli and Ricardo Zonta suffered problems with their cars just three hours ahead of the German Grand Prix.

Ricardo Zonta and Takuma Sato have emerged as the early frontrunners to replace Heinz-Harald Frentzen following his shock sacking by Jordan yesterday.

Jordan's Heinz-Harald Frentzen has been made to wait before being told whether he can compete in the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.