Webber currently lies second in the drivers' championship

Mark Webber will know next month whether his decision to ignore Red Bull team orders has ruined his bid to re-sign with the team for 2012. Boss Christian Horner said Webber's future would be decided in August.
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Renault are ready to prove at this weekend's German Grand Prix that their 2011 season is far from a lost cause as it begins a major update push for the R31. The team have abandoned their radical forward-exiting exhausts for a more conventional design, and are also changing the way they run the car, introducing a lot of rake in the manner of Red Bull. (Autosport magazine)

Former Renault driver Romain Grosjean is emerging as the leading contender to replace the injured Robert Kubica at the team if the Pole is unable to return to racing. (Autosport magazine)

Robert Kubica has played down talk that he could return to racing with Renault before the end of this season. "I'd like to have a goal when it's a reasonable one," said the Pole when asked directly about racing in the final race of the season in Brazil. "We'll see who the next few months go in terms of the rehabilitation process and then we'll take a decision in due time."(Autosport magazine)

Former Ferrari Formula 1 technical director Aldo Costa has left the car maker. He was replaced in May after a bad start to the season for Ferrari but had been expected to take another role at the Maranello factory. Instead he has been put on gardening leave and will depart at the end of the year.
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The start line at the Nurburgring has been moved 240m further down the main straight for this weekend's German Grand Prix, due to the increased size of the field. The last time that F1 visited the circuit, in 2009, there were four fewer cars competing than the current 24.
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Team Lotus has agreed a deal to run a Red Bull Kers power-boost system next season as an expansion of their current deal to run the world champion team's gearbox and hydraulics. (Autosport magazine)

Rubens Barrichello believes re-signing with Williams will be a "straightforward" matter even though contract talks have yet to begin. Prior to the British Grand Prix, Barrichello confirmed his intent to remain with the Grove-based marque for a third successive year in 2012, one that will be his 20th season in Formula 1 and push him beyond his 40th birthday. (Press Association)

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