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March 31, 2010: Former Renault F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jnr and his triple world championship-winning father of the same name have launched a libel court action against former team boss Flavio Briatore.

March 31, 2010: Force India's Adrian Sutil said he is determined to put the disappointment of the Australian Grand Prix behind him in Malaysia this weekend

March 31, 2010: The FIA is currently not investigating the legality of Red Bull's Formula One car following claims it could be concealing a controversial ride-height adjustment system

March 31, 2010: David Coulthard has yet to agree a deal to race in the German touring car series DTM although all parties are confident it will be sorted in the next few days

March 31, 2010: Heavy rain is again forecast for the weekend at Sepang, raising fears of a repeat of the scenes which caused the abandonment of the Malaysian Grand Prix a year ago

March 30, 2010: According to Robert Kubica, the Sepang circuit will not play to the strengths of his Renault team

March 30, 2010: Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi is hoping that his experience of winning at Sepang in GP2 will stand him in good stead for the weekend

March 30, 2010: Jenson Button is refusing to get carried away with his Australian Grand Prix victory, stating that the characteristics of the Sepang circuit in Malaysia will be less suited to McLaren

March 30, 2010: Lewis Hamilton's form is suffering because he does not have the reassuring advice of a manager, according to David Coulthard

March 30, 2010: Michael Schumacher is refusing to get down heartened with his Formula One comeback even though he was again comprehensively beaten by team-mate Nico Rosberg for the second race running in Australia

March 30, 2010: Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali says the latest technical squabble to hit the sport will not threaten the harmony of the Formula One Teams' Alliance, FOTA

March 30, 2010: Lotus is expected to confirm a new sponsorship deal leading Malaysian mobile network Maxis this week.

March 30, 2010: Lewis Hamilton admitted he "understood" the pit-stop strategy which left him fuming in the closing stages of the Australian Grand Prix

March 30, 2010: Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has urged fans not to panic despite another disappointment in Australia

March 30, 2010: Fernando Alonso has revealed that Michael Schumacher suspected he deliberately held up the German during qualifying in Melbourne

March 29, 2010: Australian V8 champion Jamie Whincup is being touted for an F1 test after impressing McLaren bosses when he did four laps in Jenson Button's car

March 29, 2010: Two races into his much-publicised comeback and Michael Schumacher is already feeling the heat after finishing tenth out of 14 finishers at the Australian Grand Prix.

March 29, 2010: Williams' technical director Sam Michael has said he is impressed with Rubens Barrichello after working alongside the Brazilian veteran for his first two races of the season

March 29, 2010: Heikki Kovalainen will give up his Lotus to local boy Fairuz Fauzy during the first practice session of the Malaysian Grand Prix after he lost out on a coin toss with Jarno Trulli