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April 30, 2012: Rubens Barrichello has backed Felipe Massa to have an extended Formula One career despite speculation about his future

April 30, 2012: Mercedes has announced that it will split its running on the first day of the Mugello test between its two drivers

April 30, 2012: Kimi Raikkonen insists that Formula One "plays no role" in his personal life but that he is happy with his return to the sport

April 30, 2012: Sauber has announced a new partnership with English Premier League side Chelsea FC

April 30, 2012: Jenson Button admits that failing to score points in races "really hurts" his championship ambitions

April 29, 2012: Nico Rosberg does not agree with his Mercedes team-mate Michael Schumacher that this year's Pirelli tyres are playing too big a part in racing

April 28, 2012: Tom Dillmann won a breathtaking sprint race to bring this weekend's GP2 action in Bahrain to an end after beating Luiz Razia to the chequered flag by just 0.1s

April 28, 2012: Romain Grosjean is confident Lotus has the potential to win races in 2012 and eventually championships, but has warned against expecting too much this year

April 27, 2012: Lotus team principal Eric Boullier believes his driver Romain Grosjean is capable of winning world championships in the right car

April 27, 2012: Davide Valsecchi won his third race in the space of a week in Bahrain after taking victory at the first race of this weekend's round of GP2

April 27, 2012: Bernie Ecclestone is set to marry his Brazilian girlfriend Fabiana Flosi, according to the Daily Mail

April 27, 2012: Jenson Button is not worried about missing out on the upcoming in-season test at Mugello as McLaren looks set to stick to its original plan and run test drivers Gary Paffett and Oliver Turvey

April 26, 2012: Williams, Sauber and Marussia have confirmed their plans for the Mugello test next week, taking different approaches to their respective driver line-ups

April 26, 2012: Third driver Jules Bianchi will get track time for Force India in the VJM05 at the Mugello test next week

April 26, 2012: Jean-Eric Vergne does not see his 2012 season as a fight for a Red Bull seat between himself and his Toro Rosso team-mate Daniel Ricciardo

April 26, 2012: Daniel Ricciardo admits that it will be hard to brush off his poor start in Bahrain that relegated him from sixth to 16th in the first lap

April 26, 2012: Force India is in a better position than it expected to be at this point of the season as it prepares to update its car, according to deputy team principal Bob Fernley

April 25, 2012: HRT has announced that it will not be present at the mid-season test in Mugello that runs from May 1-3

April 25, 2012: Fernando Alonso will test for Ferrari on two of the three days of the Mugello test as the team decides not to split its running 50:50