Formula One engine development may be banned until 2013, with Max Mosley and the FIA’s latest efficiency drive unlikely to reverse the freeze beyond that, but that hasn’t stopped teams looking at just about every other means of squeezing crucial tenths of a second from their V8 beasts.

UPDATE: Silverstone circuit organisers have lost the battle to retain the British Grand Prix which will be hosted at Donnington Park from 2010, the FIA announced on Friday (See separate story HERE ).

All eyes will be on Lewis Hamilton at this weekend’s sell-out British Grand Prix, but behind the scenes Silverstone organisers are locked in a fierce battle to secure the future of the venue as the home of British motorsport.

Forumula1.net’s Chris Hayes assesses the current climate surrounding the Northamptonshire track as the former airfield gears up for its Diamond Anniversary after 60 years in business.

Nick Heidfeld is being given a hard time by the world’s press at the moment, perhaps more so than Lewis Hamilton.

The latest rumours doing the rounds in the F1 paddock suggest that the German could be ousted by BMW Sauber by the end of the year. GP2 star Bruno Senna is the latest driver to be linked to the seat and before that double world champion Fernando Alonso was in the frame.

Anyone pinning their hopes on things being straightforward for home favourite Lewis Hamilton at next week’s British Grand Prix, should think again. That was the stark warning from Ferrari after the British ace took centre stage on the final day of a crucial three-day test at Silverstone.

McLaren have released the clearest details yet of the crash that pitched Heikki Kovalainen into the tyre barriers at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Why Hamilton needs to score an away goal at home…

Lewis Hamilton is putting his Montreal pit-lane calamity behind him – a bit too quickly for some members of the press. So is Kimi, though not without kicking up a fuss first and brandishing his assailant’s slip-up as “stupid”.

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.

The diamond encrusted helmets that Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen will sport in today’s Monaco Grand Prix have been rigorously proofed for aerodynamic efficiency, Forumula1.net has learned.

The McLaren-Mercedes duo will make the dash around the Monte Carlo streets this year in special personalised helmets; their signatures paved in a line of hundreds of Steinmetz diamonds.

Super Aguri refugee and Monaco specialist Anthony Davidson is chomping at the bit to go racing again, no more so than this weekend when he’ll watch his peers go hammer and tongs at the most prestigious circuit in the world.