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Formula 1 gossip and rumours from international media

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso
Alonso and Ferrari have been warned not to get carried away by the boss

Fernando Alonso says he is "revelling" in his first win of the season at the British Grand Prix "all the more" now he is back home in Oviedo. The Spaniard also says he plans to take more risks in an attempt to close down leader Sebastian Vettel in the championship.
Full story: Autosport.com

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz says Mark Webber will stay with the championship-winning team in 2012. "Mark Webber will re-sign with us," Mateschitz said. "Mark has no better choice than the fastest car and we have no better choice for a fast driver."
Full story: Autosport.com

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has congratulated his team for their win in Britain but has warned they must "keep our feet on the ground". Team boss Stefano Domencali also underlined the task ahead reminding Ferrari they are still a long way off leaders Red Bull.
Full story: Ferrari

Ferrari chassis director Pat Fry wants to bring former two former McLaren colleagues to strengthen his technical department team at Ferrari - aerodynamicist Rupad Darekar and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) expert Ioannis Veloudis.
Full story: Turun Sanomat (in Finnish)

Red Bull motorsport consultant Dr Helmut Marko calls reports that former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will return to F1 with Red Bull, "far-fetched and total nonsense". Marko also added that one of Red Bull's three junior drivers would replace Mark Webber when the Australian is ready to step down.
Full story: TZ-online (in German)

Jenson Button will raise Sunday driving to the next level when he takes a 2008 McLaren for a spin around the streets of Moscow this weekend.
Full story: McLaren F1 team on Twitter

In the Black Sea resort of Sochi, home to the inaugural Russian Grand Prix in 2014, Vitaly Petrov will also be demonstrating Renault's 2010 car on Sunday.
Full story: Renault F1 team

Renault driver Nick Heidfeld highlights just one of the problems of being an F1 driver as he writes on his Twitter page: "Helmets, helmets, helmets - really hard to pick my favourite one..." What the German is actually doing is running a competition to design his helmet for next week's German Grand Prix.
Full story: Renault driver Nick Heidfeld on Twitter

There are celebrations at Team Lotus because driver Jarno Trulli turns 37 on Wednesday. The team add: "He shares [his birthday] with Julius Caesar, Thierry Boutsen and Harrison Ford among others."
Full story: Team Lotus onTwitter

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Tuesday's F1 gossip column
12 Jul 11 |  Formula 1
Monday's F1 gossip column
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