Toro Rosso test and reserve driver Daniel Ricciardo will make his Formula One debut at the British Grand Prix next weekend, replacing Narain Karthikeyan at the Hispania Racing team in a 'loan' deal from the junior Red Bull team.

Despite becoming the new focus for rumours about the future of Toro Rosso's drivers after a pair of strong races from his team mate, Sebastien Buemi says that he is confident that he will prove himself to the team in 2011.

The local Austin City Council has voted to endorse the new Formula One circuit being built in the city for the return of the US Grand Prix in 2012, as well as agreeing a new environmental deal to offset the impact of construction.

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso says that the hard compound tyre selected by Pirelli for the British Grand Prix will simply be another "challenge" for the Italian team to look to try and surmount during the Silverstone weekend.

The governing body of F1 has confirmed that the sport will make the switch from V8 power to a newly-agreed 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged engine platform from the start of the 2014 season, after a World Motor Sport Council vote confirmed the move.

According to a report from London's Evening Standard newspaper, Channel 4 has held 'preliminary talks' with Formula One chiefs over taking over the broadcast rights to the sport in the UK, should the BBC drop the sport.

The Pirelli tyre company will return to their traditional soft/hard combination of tyre compounds for the British GP, despite admitting that the F1 teams had a "difference of opinion" over which combination would suit the track best.

Formula One oligarch Bernie Ecclestone does not believe that this year's F1 season has been particularly boring, despite the near-total domination at the front of the field by the Red Bull Racing squad and Sebastian Vettel.

Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes that it is "very, very likely" that Mark Webber and the team will tie up a deal for the 2012 season later in the year, despite the Australian driver struggling for results in the 2011 season so far.

Australian Grand Prix chief Ron Walker has said that his spectators have no interest in listening to F1's proposed new turbocharged engines, suggesting that the track, and others on the calendar, will dump the sport if the switch is made.

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has used his Twitter feed to emote a complete change of opinion on his championship hopes for 2011, despite being quoted on Monday as having essentially concluded that Vettel and Red Bull are uncatchable.

The Williams Formula One team have thrillingly announced two new appointments in their technical staff, as the team continues to restructure its backroom positions in reaction to their somewhat torpid start to the 2011 season.

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has been quick to play down his team's current domination of both championships, suggesting that there was still a long way to go in 2011, and saying that Sebastian Vettel was still focused on winning races.

Team Lotus driver Jarno Trulli has lamented that it is now incredibly difficult for smaller teams to get near the points-paying places in F1, suggesting that the immense reliability in the sport has resulted in a "loss of appeal" in the sport.