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Hamilton and Alonso will be the men to watch according to Jaime Alguersuari

Lotus CEO Danny Bahar has revealed he tried to do a deal with rival Tony Fernandes to solve Lotus' problems, but the Malaysian wanted too much money.
Full story: James Allen F1

Torro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari says next year's Formula 1 drivers' championship battle will be contested between McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
Full story: Marca (In Spanish)

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo says he will continue to push for top teams to be allowed to run three cars, and for the testing limits to be relaxed.
Full story: Autosport.com

Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi has said he expects to stay at Force India in 2011 and is 'calm' about keeping his F1 seat.
Full story: Autosprint magazine (In Italian)

McLaren have become the first F1 team to earn a Carbon Trust certification. It makes the Woking-based team the only F1 team to be officially recognised by the Carbon Trust for taking action on climate change.
Full story: mclaren.com

Organisers of the 2012 US Grand Prix have received the green light to begin work on the circuit in Austin.
Full story: motorsport.com

Netherlands driver Giedo van der Garde is still in the hunt for the Virgin race seat alongside Timo Glock next season. Lucas di Grassi, who raced for the team in 2010, is also in the running.
Full story: formule1.nl

Hispania boss Colin Kolles has shrugged off questions about his team's survival. He said: "We are working to have a better package than last year. From my point of view, the season was not as good as we would have liked it to be in terms of performance and this has to improve. Obviously this depends on a lot of factors but we are working to achieve our goals."
Full story: Hispania website

Kolles also believes the inexperience of his drivers cost the team last season. "I think the only reason why we did not finish 10th is that teams like Lotus and Virgin had more experienced drivers during the whole season," he added.
Full story: Hispania website

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