David Coulthard has revealed that he is expecting his first child with fiancée Karen Minier. The 37-year old F1 driver has confirmed that the baby will be a boy and he is due just after the 2008 season has ended.

Lewis Hamilton and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger’s relationship appears to be going strong.

The couple ate at trendy London eatery Nobu last night, accompanied by three of Scherzinger’s band-mates. The couple have spent a period in LA together before flying into London yesterday. The couple have been dating for around six months after meeting at the MTV Music Video Awards in Munich, Germany, earlier this year.

Finland’s postal service will be celebrating the success of Kimi Raikkonen, the current Formula 1 world champion, by commissioning a special sheet of stamps in his honour.

David Coulthard has revealed that when he retires from Formula One, he will be hanging up his racing boots with no intentions of racing in another series.

With the press room humming over David Coulthard’s retirement and the shock announcement that Silverstone has lost the British Grand Prix, not to mention Max Mosley’s shake-up of the regulations for 2011, the paddock rumour mill has gone into overdrive this weekend…

Nico to BMW?

The latest rumours link him to Renault and before that a BMW test role was on the cards. Then, a few years ago, there was the McLaren prize drive that never was…

Briton’s Anthony Davidson has grown used to the conjecture and hearsay of motorsport’s premier rumour mill, but the idea that he would have done anything other than race with Super Aguri in 2008 is ludicrous, as Forumula1.net’s Chris Hayes found out.

It was perhaps inevitable that Lewis Hamilton’s sensational victory in Monaco last week would evoke comparisons between him and the late great Ayrton Senna. Indeed, only twenty-four hours before the race Hamilton was explaining to reporters how he wanted to emulate his childhood hero’s success at the Principality.

As if the maturity and level-headedness Lewis Hamilton demonstrated on the way to his maiden victory in Formula One wasn’t enough, one year on and the British star insists he has grown even stronger.

Nick Heidfeld his hoping that the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, home to his stunning second place last year, will once again be kind to him as he seeks to rejuvenate his 2008 season after a difficult few races.

It is only a matter of time before Heikki Kovalainen climbs onto the top step of the podium, according to McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh.

The unlucky Finn has suffered a catalogue of mechanical problems and incidents in the last few races and has failed to score points befitting of the blistering pace he has demonstrated behind the wheel of his MP4-23.