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Jenson Button has admitted that he does make an inadvertent, brief appearance in a Spanish film about the flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla.
Full story: Jenson Button on Twitterlink text here

Scot Paul di Resta is hopeful of landing a race seat with Force India in 2011 after clinching the DTM (German Touring Car) title on Sunday. "Obviously I'm hoping I can get a seat there and we can build a long relationship," said the man who has been Force India's reserve driver in 2010.
Full story: Autosport

Rubens Barrichello says Red Bull's decision not to impose team orders on Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber was "cool" and insists that he does not know who his Williams team-mate will be in 2011, even though it is widely expected to be Venzuelan Pastor Maldonado.
Full story: globoesporte (in Portuguese)

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo says he is anxious that the new-for-2011 adjustable rear wing does not prove to be a repeat of 2009's double diffuser controversy, and hopes the rules are "totally clear".
Full story: Autosport.com

Renault team president Gerard Lopez says he has "very high hopes in terms of being able to move forward" in 2011 and says he has not made a "final decision" on whether to keep Vitaly Petrov as second driver alongside Robert Kubica.
Full story: ESPNF1.com

There could be two Russians on the F1 grid in 2011 - Vitaly Petrov is looking increasingly likely to be retained by Renault and Renault World Series champion Mikhail Aleshin has told Russian news website gzt.ru that he has agreed a deal with an unnamed team. He has been linked to Force India, Lotus and Virgin.
Full story: paddock talk

Mark Webber is back in his home country Australia and took part in a demonstration of a Red Bull F1 car at Waneroo near Perth at the weekend. "I raced at the Wanneroo Raceway in 1994," Webber said. "It's always been part of the racing scene here. It wasn't a five minute job to get an event like this arranged, so well done to everyone involved."
Full story: planetf1.com

Indian Karun Chandhok, who raced for Hispania in the first half of 2010, is hopeful of sorting out a Formula 1 drive by Christmas.
Full story: paddock talk

Manish Pandey, the producer and writer of the new film 'Senna', has named Ferrari's Fernando Alonso as number one ahead of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in his list of the top five drivers of 2010.
Full story: James Allen on F1

Seven-time world rally champion Sebastian Loeb has given up his ambition to drive in Formula 1 in the future after being refused a licence to drive for Toro Rosso at the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "If I had a chance to drive for fun, I would certainly do it with pleasure, but I don't think I will compete in a race," the Frenchman said.
Full story: L'Equipe (in French)

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