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

Renault driver Robert Kubica say Formula 1's new rules have not made overtaking any more difficult than before.
Full story: Autosport.com

However, Williams' Rubens Barrichello believes the narrower front tyres are playing a significant role in curtailing overtaking opportunities. Full story: Autosport.com

The manager of Vitaly Petrov says the 25-year-old brings more to Renault than the 15m Euro of financial backing, as well as describing Russia as a "white sheet of paper" for F1.Full story: ESPNF1.com

Lewis Hamilton says he has "received a lot of applications" to become his new manager, but the McLaren driver insists he is in "no rush" to make an appointment. Full story: Formula1.com

Vitantonio Liuzzi believes he can build on his ninth-place finish in Bahrain following new developments to the front and rear wing of his Force India car.Full story: GPupdate.net

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says he is hopeful there will be a grand prix in New York from 2012. Full story: Gazzetta dello Sport

Three-time world champion Jackie Stewart says that Red Bull star Mark Webber "has come back from more pain than any racing driver I know of", talking of the Australian's recovery from a broken leg sustained in a mountain-bike accident in late 2008.Full story: Heraldsun.com.au

Eight-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen, an ex-F1 test driver, has been appointed as the drivers' advisory representative on the stewards' panel for the Australian Grand Prix. Full story: Autosport.com

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