BBC Sport brings you a regular round-up of the gossip in newspapers and on specialist websites around the world.

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner believes driver, engine and staff continuity will be a key factor in helping boost his outfit's chances of fighting for the world championship this year.
Full story: autosport.com

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel is confident engine supplier Renault has solved the reliability issues that hampered his '09 campaign and believes the title is well within his grasp.
Full story: formula1.com

Predictably for an untutored skier with daredevil DNA, Fernando Alonso was spotted careering down the Italian Dolomites, off his planks and on his backside.
Full story: Daily Mail

Fernando Alonso makes for a fascinating prospect in the red garage. Schumacher apart, there is no driver in Formula 1 at present whose career has swung from moments of sublime glory, in the form of two World Championships with Renault and some spectacular race performances, to dark days when his moral and sporting credentials have been exposed as seriously wanting.
Full story: The Times

McLaren have been carrying on regardless of the snowy conditions in Woking as the roll out of their 2010 car on 29 January gets ever closer. The team even leant world champion Jenson Button a rock-solid Mercedes-Benz estate to get home when his car got stuck.
Full story: McLaren.com

Force India will join Red Bull Racing in missing the first of the pre-season Formula 1 tests that takes place at Valencia next month.
Full story: autosport.com

Valentino Rossi's upcoming test in a 2008-spec Ferrari single seater is in doubt because of appendix problem.
Full story: speedtv.com

Lola say they have not given up on returning to the Formula 1 grid in 2011 after their entry was unsuccessful this season.
Full story: sport.fok.nl

Ferrari reserve driver Giancarlo Fisichella is celebrating his 37th birthday today by taking part in races on ice at the Madonna di Campiglio lake.
Full story: ferrari.com

John Booth, team principal of F1 new-boys Virgin Racing, has entered a team in the new GP3 Series - a junior category of single-seater racing - to boost driver development.
Full story: gp.update.net

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