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December 31, 2010: Williams chairman Adam Parr has dismissed suggestions the team's new recruit Pastor Maldonado is little more than a Formula One "pay driver"

December 9, 2010: New Williams recruit Pastor Maldonado will have the weight of Venezuelan expectation on his shoulders after the country's president confirmed his backing of the GP2 champion

December 2, 2010: New Williams driver Pastor Maldonado says he is well prepared for his first season in Formula One

December 1, 2010: The long overdue confirmation of Pastor Maldonado as Rubens Barrichello's team-mate for the 2011 season came as little surprise to anybody associated with the sport

December 1, 2010: One of the worst kept secrets of the Formula One close season was confirmed today as Williams announced that Pastor Maldonado will partner Rubens Barrichello at the Grove based team for the 2011 season

November 22, 2010: Pastor Maldonado has hinted that "important news" about his future could be forthcoming this week

November 20, 2010: Fernando Alonso showed no signs of a hangover following his agonising title loss last weekend, as he returned to action for the first time since Sunday's race to top the timings in testing.

November 19, 2010: Ferrari's Felipe Massa topped the timesheets at the opening Pirelli test day in Abu Dhabi, as all 12 Formula One teams got their first chance to try the new 2011 tyre

November 18, 2010: The general consensus from the majority of GP2 drivers at the season-ending young drivers' test at Abu Dhabi was that stepping into a Formula One car for the first time took some getting used to

November 18, 2010: GP 2 champion Pastor Maldonado is keen to end speculation linking him with a move to Williams in 2011 and sign a deal with the team

November 17, 2010: Australia's Daniel Ricciardo remained on top of the timesheets on the final morning of the Formula One young drivers' test at Abu Dhabi, his Red Bull finishing above Jules Bianchi's Ferrari

November 16, 2010: Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo set the pace on the opening day of the young driver test in Abu Dhabi, just two days after the team wrapped up the drivers' title with Sebastian Vettel at the same circuit

November 16, 2010: The young driver test line-ups are nearing completion with all teams taking part having named at least one driver to run in their 2010 machinery in Abu Dhabi

November 15, 2010: Davide Valsecchi has taken the final slot in the young driver test line-up with HRT

November 15, 2010: Nico Hulkenberg has confirmed he will not be driving for Williams next season but is confident he will land a race seat somewhere else

November 8, 2010: GP2 champion Pastor Maldonado will undertake three days of testing with Hispania Racing at the season-ending Abu Dhabi test, the team confirmed on Monday

October 25, 2010: Williams will run Pastor Maldonado at the end-of-season young drivers' test in Abu Dhabi

October 7, 2010: An Italian newspaper is claiming Nico Hulkenberg's race seat is in doubt as Williams faces losing as many as four sponsors over the winter

October 5, 2010: Pastor Maldonado had hoped to secure the 2011 Sauber race seat, but the financial backing behind Sergio Perez tipped the scales in his favour