The FIA could take "appropriate action" against the USF1 team, after the Americans were forced to withdraw from the championship on the eve of the new season, forcing the governing body to re-open their selection process for 2011.

The FIA have unsurprisingly ruled that the innovative and yet controversial McLaren rear wing design is legal, and have granted the team permission to race with the MP4-25 car this weekend without making changes to the setup.

Mercedes motorsport boss Norbert Haug has told the Formula One paddock to be patient with the three new teams in 2010, saying that they should be given respect for the work they have put in just to get to the starting grid.

Michael Schumacher says that he is hopeful that the new Bahrain upgrade package for his Mercedes GP car will be enough to allow him to fight at the front, as he prepares for his first Formula One race weekend since the end of the 2006 season.

Organisers of the impending Rome Grand Prix have once again denied that their planned street race would not replace the historic Monza event on the 2013 schedule, with the city's mayor saying that their race will be "a Grand Prix of Europe".

F1 oligarch Bernie Ecclestone has sided with Ferrari on the issues surrounding the pace of the sport's new teams, suggesting that the struggles of the trio of newbies proves that the budget cap rules were a bad idea.

HRT driver Bruno Senna says that he can't wait to get started in Formula One, despite the problems he is likely to suffer with the nascent Spanish team, saying that he is thankful that he has finally made it into the sport after so many false starts.

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says that it is his team's belief that the Bahrain GP will be an epic tussle between themselves, Ferrari and McLaren, with Horner saying that the win will come down to "who gets it right on the day".

Rookie Hispania Racing driver Karun Chandhok says that the critics of F1's new batch of teams should "look back in history" to remind themselves that the likely speed gaps in the F1 grid this year are the norm, rather than a major issue.

Former Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima, who saw his 2010 race hopes collapse when the Serbian Stefan GP team were denied an entry into this year's championship, has vowed to continue to work on a "quick return" to the sport.

Squeaky Red Bull starlet Sebastian Vettel has said that he is more than happy that his fellow German and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher has returned for 2010, as it has helped to deflect attention away from his own title ambitions.

The McLaren team have covered their bases should the FIA deem there to be anything untoward with their primary car design ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, by bringing an alternative set of rear bodywork for their cars to the race.

The Bridgestone tyre company have boosted BMW Sauber's hopes of springing a surprise or two in the 2010 season, after revealing that the Swiss team was the car that was best at looking after its tyres during pre-season testing.

Jonathan Neale, the managing director of the McLaren team, has said that he hopes that F1's new teams are welcomed by the established names, saying that they need to be supported in order to secure the future of the sport.

World Champion Jenson Button(TM) has also joined in the increasingly angry debate over the new F1 teams for 2010, playing down the "danger" element of the slower cars, but saying that they may well cause problems in qualifying.