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

India's Karun Chandhok has set his sights on a test driver role, with Team Lotus the main target, to keep his Formula 1 hopes alive after failing to secure a race seat for 2011.
Full story: Reuters

Formula 1 may be big in the Gulf with races in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, but one day, sometime soon, Qatar is going to join the big guns. The Losail International racing circuit, where MotoGP races each year under floodlights, has already been upgraded for F1.
Full story: Joe Saward's blog

Ferrari are confident of improving their aerodynamics for the 2011 season, which they say were not as good as Red Bull's last year.
Full story: Bild (in German)

Meanwhile, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo says Grands Prix should be held later in the day.
Full story: Bild (in German)

Hispania Racing Team owner Jose Ramon Carabante insists he is close to a deal to bring fresh investment to his team.
Full story: Expansion (in Spanish)

Former McLaren boss Ron Dennis rates the first of his 10 drivers' world championships with Niki Lauda as the highlight of his time in the sport and names his top three drivers.
Full story: Planet-F1.com

McLaren driver Jenson Button has been tweeting about his bike ride in Hawaii with Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong. Just the 171km, followed by a 1km recovery swim.
Full story: Jenson Button on Twitter

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