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Raikkonen happy - for now.

Kimi Raikkonen remained non-commital when asked about his chances of success in 2009.

Barrichello: I've been waiting for this moment.

From not appearing to have a seat in F1 for 2009, Rubens Barrichello hints that he now has his best chance of success since leaving Ferrari.

Toyota 'had doubts' about its F1 future

Toyota team principal Tadashi Yamashina has revealed that he had to battle to keep the company in Formula 1 this season

Ferrari 'needs to focus on reliability'

Stefano Domenicali happy with performance of the Ferrari F60, with the aim now to make it reliable

Domencali says reliability main concern

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domencali is confident the F60 is quick enough to be at the front in Melbourne, but admitted that reliability was still a concern

Ecclestone: F1 untroubled by downturn

Bernie Ecclestone believes Formula 1 is holding up strongly against the financial downturn, and doesn't think teams are having to make many cuts

Glock: We ll be disappointed not to win

Timo Glock admits expectations are high for Toyota going into the new Formula One season

Technical analysis: Brawn GP BGP 001

Yvelines gets nod as future home of French Grand Prix

There is finally a possible light at the end of the tunnel for the forsaken French Grand Prix - with news that a new circuit has been chosen to bid for a slot on the F1 calendar again.

Robert Kubica: Other cars are 'stronger' than BMW

Robert Kubica has brushed off suggestions that he is the pre-season F1 title favourite following testing - claiming that Ferrari, Toyota and Brawn GP are all arguably ahead of BMW-Sauber heading Down Under to Melbourne.

Massa: Brawn GP pace unreachable

Ferrari's Felipe Massa says his team is exactly where it expected to be before the start of the season - but he concedes that surprisingly Brawn GP is ahead.

F1 rivals give verdict on 'surprising' Brawn GP

Felipe Massa, Robert Kubica and Fernando Alonso - all expected F1 title contenders in 2009 - have admitted that the 'surprising' new Brawn GP could really throw a spanner in the works...

Rubens Barrichello: I'm back in F1 to win!

F1's renaissance man Rubens Barrichello echoes team-mate Jenson Button in contending that the new Brawn GP BGP 001 - risen from the ashes of Honda - can be a winner in 2009.

Kubica: Testing can be misleading.

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica reckons that no-one will know where they stand in F1's pecking order before reaching Melbourne.

Jake Humphrey blog

BBC Sport's F1 presenter prepares to head to Australia for the opener

Haug concedes: McLaren are 'far too slow'

Norbert Haug has admitted what all Lewis Hamilton fans have been dreading hearing ahead of the start of the 2009 F1 season - the new McLaren-Mercedes is simply 'far too slow'...

Q and A with Whitmarsh and Haug

McLaren says new car not fast enough

McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh has openly admitted the MP4-24 is not as competitive as the team was hoping it would be at this point of the pre-season.

Barrichello: Brawn GP to surprise in '09

Rubens Barrichello is adamant that his Brawn GP team will be the surprise of the 2009 season following its dream debut in testing at Barcelona this week.

Q and A with Robert Kubica