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2009 world champion Jenson Button appears poised to leave Brawn GP, which has been bought and renamed by Mercedes, and join McLaren for the 2010 season. Full story...

F1 teams turned down the opportunity of a 10 per cent commercial income pay-rise because it would have meant committing to the sport for the next three years. Full story...

Timo Glock has signed to race with the new British formula one team Manor. Full story...

Daimler's largest shareholder Aabar wants to increase its 9.1 percent stake in the German carmaker to 15 percent after teaming up to jointly acquire a majority of Formula One champions Brawn GP. Full story...

German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz announced on Monday that it is taking a controlling stake in Brawn GP, which will race in formula one next year as 'Mercedes Grand Prix'. Full story...

For the first time since a flying spring struck his helmet in Hungary in late July, Felipe Massa at the weekend returned to the cockpit of Ferrari's F2009 single seater. Full story...

A number of formula one insiders and experts believe Jenson Button should ignore McLaren's advances and end the salary standoff with his current team. Full story...

Nelson Piquet Jr. will take part in the Superkarts USA Super Nationals in Las Vegas next week-end competing against drivers like Michael Schumacher. It will be a first race appearance for the young driver since the end of his Formula 1 career early this year. Full story...

The Hinwil based Sauber team is "waiting patiently" to know if it will be able to keep racing in formula one in 2010. "We are waiting patiently for our starting place," team founder Peter Sauber said referring to the FIA's declaration last week that "urgent clarification" is being sought as to Toyota's "legal position" following the Japanese carmaker's decision to withdraw from F1. Full story...

The Malaysian-owned new Lotus team has signed its first driver for the 2010 season, boss Tony Fernandes revealed on his Twitter page. "Public announcement soon," he said. "The dream continues." Meanwhile, Jarno Trulli was this weekend trackside for the Sprint Cup event in Phoenix ahead of his NASCAR test for Michael Waltrip Racing in the coming day. Full story...

McLaren has confirmed British newspaper reports revealing that Jenson Button visited the Woking based team's headquarters on Friday.The 2009 world champion-elect had just touched down in Heathrow after a post-season holiday in Japan when he made "a small detour to Woking to say hello", a McLaren spokesman said. The Guardian newspaper said his manager Richard Goddard was also given a tour of the factory by team boss Martin Whitmarsh. Full story...

FORMULA LE MANS is a genuine racing nursery and the "first step" towards endurance racing as such the Automobile Club de l'Ouest hold it dear and has granted the entrance to the "LE MANS SERIES" endurance races. Full story...

Crash-testing of the new Lotus F1 car is now taking place, technical boss Mike Gascoyne has revealed. Full story...

Bulgarian organisers have scrapped plans to host a formula one race. Full story...

Felipe Massa insists he is not worried that Fernando Alonso is set to arrive at Ferrari and assume a Michael Schumacher-style 'number 1' role. Full story...

Toyota's completed 2010 formula one car design, codenamed the TF110, is reportedly available for purchase by other teams. Full story...

Here are the main F1 news briefs of this day, Wednesday October 11, 2009. Full story...

Bruno Senna will not be paid by his 2010 team Campos, the Brazilian rookie has revealed. Full story...

Two candidates have overtaken Pedro de la Rosa as favourites to become Bruno Senna's 2010 teammate at Campos. Full story...

It has emerged that the 2009 Belgian grand prix, held at iconic Spa-Francorchamps, made a loss of more than 5 million euros. Full story...