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

Yamaha tell Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport they fear Valentino Rossi could make a switch to Formula 1 after the MotoGP world champion clocked good test times this week for Ferrari.
Full story: autosport.com

Formula 1 technical chiefs have officially agreed to ban from the start of next year the double diffusers that caused so much controversy at the start of 2009.
Full story: autosport.com

Alan Donnelly, the former non-voting chairman of the Formula 1 race stewards, has been moved away from motor racing responsibilities as a part of a staffing reshuffle undertaken by governing body the FIA.
Full story: autosport.com

Jenson Button has vowed to hit the ground running when he launches the defence of his world crown, saying it is vital he and his new McLaren team are ready to win the season's first Formula 1 race in March.
Full story: The Sun

Russian GP2 driver Vitaly Petrov is hoping to land one of the remaining seats in Formula One this year by offering 15m Euros (£13.1m) for a drive.
Full story: Bild (in German)

Valentino Rossi was ecstatic after lapping close to recent Formula 1 pace at the end of his two-day Ferrari test at Catalunya.
Full story: autosport.com

Pedro de la Rosa believes he can surprise a few people with his return to Formula 1 racing with Sauber this year after four years as a test driver.
Full story: formula1.com

The question many people will be asking is whether Ferrari are able to get any technical benefit from running Friday's test for Felipe Massa in a 2008 car, for example to test something out in the engine. The answer I've gleaned from talking to F1 engineers from other teams is that there is little benefit that can be derived from this test which they could not derive from testing on the dyno in the factory.
Full story: James Allen on F1

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