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Niki Lauda, who fought back from a life-threatening crash in 1976 to win two more world titles, says Robert Kubica can be a title contender if the Pole makes a full recovery from his rallying accident. Lauda said: "Robert has the makings of a champion, if he can ever go back."
Full story: Blick (in German)

Karun Chandhok will test for Team Lotus in Jerez and Barcelona as the team assess his performances. Team boss Tony Fernandes says: "We would like him to be reserve driver but we've got to see whether it all works out."
Full story: Reuters

Force India will launch their 2011 car the VJM04 via their website on Wednesday at 1400 GMT before they debut it at this week's Jerez test.
Full story: Force India on Facebook

Williams co-founder and director of engineering Patrick Head is pondering retirement from F1 at the end of the season. Head could relinquish more of his shares as the F1 team prepares to float 27.39% of its stock on the Frankfurt stock exchange next week.
Full story: pitpass.com

Team Lotus team principal Tony Fernandes has been appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) and comments on his page on social networking site Twitter: "Thanks very much for all the congrats on CBE. Very proud but all down to the amazing work by the staff at Team Lotus, Air Asia."
Full story: Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes on Twitter

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