Domenicali's Ferrari team lie third in the constructors' championship

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Team principal Stefano Domenicali says he hopes the summer break will provide Ferrari with "fresh inspiration" for the rest of the year. "We will be on holiday, but that does not mean our brains will stop working," he said. "I expect this time to be a fertile one for ideas, which when all is said and done, are what make the difference."
Full story: Ferrari.com

Interlagos is the latest circuit to come under fire from Formula 1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone. He hopes that Brazil hosting the football World Cup in 2014 and Rio having the 2016 Olympics could spark badly needed upgrades. "The future depends on significant improvements," he told newspaper Estada de Sao Paulo.
Full story: grandprix.com

Virgin Racing technical director Nick Wirth believes his team must still target a 10th-placed finish in the constructors' championship this season. Virgin are 12th behind fellow new teams Lotus and HRT. "We'll keep pushing to the end and see what happens," he said.
Full story: autosport.com

Adrian Sutil has played down Force India's chances of repeating the team's surprising Belgian Grand Prix result of 2009. Giancarlo Fisichella secured pole position at the demanding Spa circuit last year and finished second, while Sutil qualified on the front row before finishing fourth. "Last year we had an incredible car there, it was a big advantage. We don't have that advantage anymore," Sutil said.
Full story: espnF1.com

Mercedes GP team principal Ross Brawn has suggested that a thirteenth team is not needed on the 2011 grid. "We've got to look at the fact that we've got a pretty healthy grid now," said Brawn. "Twenty-four cars is a pretty good size."
Full story: planetF1.com

Rubens Barrichello says Michael Schumacher did not personally say sorry to him after his widely-criticised move that nearly forced the Brazilian into the pit wall in the Hungarian Grand Prix. Initially unrepentant, Schumacher eventually issued an apology on his official website. "I did not receive a phone call," Barrichello told reporters during a karting day in his native Sao Paulo. "I have no regrets. Now we move on."
Full story: F1SA.com

Tavo Hellmund, the man at the head of the new United States Grand Prix programme, believes the Austin venue will be so well-suited to Formula 1 that it could stay on the calendar for "40 years". F1 is set to return to America in 2012 - five years after it last raced in Indianapolis - at a new purpose-built facility near the Texas city.
Full story: Formula1.com

Bruno Senna has defended Felipe Massa after the Ferrari driver moved over to let Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso win the recent German Grand Prix.
Full story: Formula-One.speedtv.com.com

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