McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has cautioned against Formula 1's commercial rights being sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in the near future. "Yes, they've got a lot of challenges at the moment in the UK, but nevertheless we all know that News International and News Corp will be alive and powerful in the media in 12 months' time... But I don't think that F1 needs to rush into their arms.
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Felipe Massa is confident Ferrari will have a strong second half to the season following team-mate Fernando Alonso's victory at the British Grand Prix. "I am sure this improvement will stand us in good stead for the second half of the season," he said.
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After a busy time around the British Grand Prix, Jenson Button is spending Friday "chilling at home" watching the Tour de France and Open.
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Injured Renault driver Robert Kubica says he has watched all the races this season while he recovers from the injuries he sustained in a rallying accident in February and he thinks that the sport's new rules "have definitely improved the show".
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Grand Prix drivers have given the thumbs down to proposals to fit F1 cars with jet fighter-style safety canopies.
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Triple world champion Niki Lauda has described the row over off-throttle blowing of diffusers as "the biggest farce ever". The Austrian added: "Why change the rules in the middle? This is done usually at the end of the year, even if undisputed, that the teams have the rules bent so to speak, and went close to the limits of the permissible."
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Formula 1 teams have begun talks to see if there is a way for in-season testing to return next year, with FIA president Jean Todt having said he wants to free up the rules to allow more running.
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Michael Schumacher says he heads to his home German Grand Prix with "extra motivation" following the progress his Mercedes team made with their car at the British Grand Prix. "We saw some improvements over the Silverstone weekend with our new exhaust system," Schumacher said, "along with improvements to how we work with the tyres, so we go to the next race weekend with a good feeling. We definitely want to show our home crowds our best level of performance possible."(Mercedes GP)

Nick Heidfeld is hopeful of an upturn in form from the Renault team as "over the next few races as we have some more interesting developments to bolt onto the car". Technical director James Allison is hopeful that, after a run of disappointing form, the next race in Germany "will see us clawing our way back to respectability with a reasonable series of upgrades to the car".
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Engine builder Cosworth believes its future in Formula 1 is more secure now than it has been for several months, despite Williams opting to switch to Renault engines for next year.
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