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Mercedes team chief Ross Brawn says he believes his team are close to making a major impact on the race for the world title. Their best results this year are two second-place finishes for Nico Rosberg, but Michael Schumacher has struggled for form.
Full story: Daily Mail

McLaren engineering chief Paddy Lowe says they will have their answer to rival Red Bull's exhaust modification system in place and working in time for the British Grand Prix next month.
Full story: formula1.com

Renault and Mercedes could both try out their own exhaust-blown diffuser systems this weekend, but Mercedes are only expected to use it in free practice, rather than the race itself.
Full story: autosport.com

Lotus chief Clive Chapman says he would happily pass on the team's 500th race celebrations at the European Grand Prix in Valencia this weekend in return for a decent qualifying display.
Full story: planetf1.com

Jenson Button says the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July will be "a very special race" if he and McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton can keep hold of the top spots in the drivers' championship.
Full story: Independent

Hamilton, who is searching for three successive wins for the first time in his career, says he feels he has "some unfinished business" at this weekend's race in Valencia, having finished second in both previous races held there. (Press Association)

Red Bull driver Mark Webber has warned his team may struggle in Valencia this weekend, a venue where they have failed to score a point in two previous visits. "I wouldn't pick it as a venue where we're going to go and get an easy victory because I don't think the layout of the circuit is one that suits us so much," said the Australian.
Full story: planetf1.com

Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who has scored points in all races but one this season, says the drivers' championship is still wide open, despite his lying eighth in the standings.
Full story: gpupdate.net

BMW Sauber will have to wait until the end of the 2010 season to change their name. German manufacturer BMW, who formerly owned the team, quit F1 at the end of last year so Sauber, now powered by Ferrari engines, had applied to drop BMW from the name.
Full story: Yahoo

German veteran Heinz-Harald Frentzen will be the drivers' representative on the stewards' panel for Sunday's European Grand Prix in Valencia.
Full story: Autosport

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone says his ideal driver combination if he were a team chief would be Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel.
Full story: Formua1.com

Pirelli says it would like Formula 1 to move towards larger tyre sizes in the future and could make the change from 13 inches up to a possible 18 inches in gradual stages.
Full story: autosport.com

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