Vitaly Petrov's management has denied reports the Russian driver's deal with Renault could be set to collapse.

The 25-year-old rookie, who finished last year's GP2 championship in second place, is signed to be Robert Kubica's teammate this year, but it emerged this week that the reportedly EUR15 million promised in funding to the newly Genii Capital-managed team may not materialise.

Jean Todt is convinced Flavio Briatore was guilty of fixing the 2008 Singapore grand prix.

Briatore, banned for life from motor racing by the FIA's World Motor Sport Council under the former presidency of Max Mosley, recently won a French legal bid to have the sanction declared illegal and overturned.

Jean Todt says he has no intention of trying to emulate Max Mosley in retaining the FIA presidency for many years.

The Frenchman, formerly the boss of the famous F1 team Ferrari, was elected to succeed Mosley by the sport's governing body last October.

Force India on Tuesday revealed its 2010 car.

"The VJM03 is definitely an evolution of the VJM02 in terms of the design philosophies we have developed over the last year," said design director Mark Smith.

A documentary about the world of formula one is set to hit the big screen.

Modern efforts to make a movie about the sport have famously foundered, and so a trio of producers have come together to turn out a feature documentary.

The FIA has made obsolete the position of a formula one veteran.

Under the new presidency of Jean Todt, Canadian Pat Behar will no longer be the photographer's delegate for the governing body.

FIA president Jean Todt has confirmed reports that F1 teams may sit out three grands prix in 2010 without penalty.

Amid speculation that some of the sport's four new teams are struggling to get up and running ahead of next month's Bahrain season opener, Bernie Ecclestone hinted at the measure to a British newspaper last weekend.

Another new team has moved to reject speculation that a lack of funding could thwart its formula one foray.

Rumours questioning the health of the USF1 and Campos entrants have been widespread, but especially within Malaysia, the new Lotus team is also subject to those who wonder if it has the money to compete throughout 2010.