Sigh of relief for Monaco GP

Bernie Ecclestone has guaranteed the future of the Monaco GP for the next 10 years after previously threatening to scrap the event in favour of new countries like the USA, India and Russia. He claimed the Principality "does not pay enough" to host the races.

Chandhok to sit Hungary GP out

For the second time in his debut F1 season, Karun Chandhok will be watching the Grand Prix from the sidelines as Sakon Yamamoto races alongside Bruno Senna in Hungary for HRT. He had previously sat the German Grand Prix out in favour of Yamamoto last weekend.

This continues to team's decision to give each main driver and their reserve drivers opportunities to participate in racing. It is rumoured to be linked to the drivers' sponsorship arrangements.

Photos of Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010

Le Mans 2010 photos

Audi wins Le Mans 2010. Intense atmosphere at this year's Le Mans 24 hours Endurance race. We got to go onto the track after the race finished and it was an exhilarating atmosphere. Shame Mansell didn't last the race distance.

ex-F1 drivers at Le Mans

This year's "24hrs du LeMans" event falls on the same day as the F1 Grand prix in Canada, Montreal. However there will some F1 presence at Le Mans with the likes of Alex Wurz, Anthony Davidson, Nigel Mansell and Sebastian Bourdais in different teams entered in this year's 24hour endurance race.

Peogeot won in 2009, putting an end to Tom Kristensen's and Audi's campaign to win their ninth consecutive title. But both teams will be back stronger this year, and it promises to be a fantastic spectacle.

Lewis wins Turkey Grand Prix!

What an exhilarating race! It looked like it would be RedBull dominating the race all the way, until a "coming together" of both RB drivers. This gave Lewis Hamilton his chance of victory which he wasn't ready to relinquish easily.

Although he must have had the shock of his life when he saw a silver car in similar livery as his, shoot past him. "I thought we were both conserving our fuel", he must have thought. But sure enough, he did what he does best - and overtook his team-mate to reclaim the lead and held onto it till the end.

Brilliant drive as always, and this surely goes some way to compensate for his loss on the penultimate lap of the Spanish Grand Prix when his tyre exploded.

Winners' week?

(Photo from Billboard.com)

With the finale of Dancing with the Stars seeing Nicole Scherzinger being crowned the winner on Tuesday night, could this her boyfriend's lucky week too? F1 drivers are in Istanbul, Turkey for the Turkish Grand Prix this weekend and the signs are encouraging for Mr Hamilton; he qualified second on Saturday - his first time on the front row of the grid this year. Perhaps it will be a double celebration for Scherzinger & Hamilton by Sunday evening.