• Buemi expects quick Toro Rosso decision – autosport.com
  "We expect a decision soon. For the team it's really important to make a decision and to try to have a test before Christmas with the proper drivers for next year."
• Sutil not threatened by de la Rosa test – autosport.com
  "He's a nice guy. He came from McLaren just to have an idea about the car, and everything else we will see in the next weeks, months or in the future.

  "I feel safe for myself. The team is happy with my performance and I have my contract here. So I don't have anything to worry about."

• de la Rosa ‘just a friend’. – Crash.Net
  ""Pedro is an old friend of the team," a team spokesman told Reuters, pointing out that de la Rosa had previously carried out development duties for FIF1 originator Jordan in 1998, "It's just an opportunity for a fresh face to put a new perspective on an old car.""
• The Champion won’t compete properly at Race of Champions – craigblog.co.uk
  Craig on the McLaren-Mercedes / Lewis Hamilton cop-out of the Race of Champions.
• Barcelona Test Day Two: Red Bull & Toro Rosso Top Tables – BlogF1
• Vettel leads Barcelona test on day two – autosport.com
  "Sebastian Vettel began life as a Red Bull Racing driver in the perfect manner after topping the times on the second day of testing at Barcelona.

  "The German driver led a quartet of Red Bull cars, as Takuma Sato was the fastest of the three Toro Rossos that finished behind Vettel."

• Even Christian Klien Doesn’t Like The Look Of The New BMW – BlogF1
  "To me, for the moment, it’s the worst [looking] Formula One car I have ever seen. It just doesn’t fit together. But we will get used to it."
• Lewis Hamilton steps off the podium and on to the postage stamp – Times Online
  "The move is highly unusual not least because Royal Mail’s release schedule for its 2009 stamps has already been drawn up. It will also mark a further relaxation of Royal Mail’s policy of not featuring living nonroyalty on stamps unless they are part of a larger group, such as England’s Ashes-winning cricketers."

  Kimi Räikkönen was similarly honoured by the Finnish postal service earlier this year.

• de la Rosa drives Force India-Ferrari – pitpass
  An interesting dimension that I hadn't thought of before — the McLaren test driver is driving a Ferrari-engined car.
• Loeb impressed by F1 car’s power – autosport.com
  "I don't think I'd like to take this much horsepower into the forests. It was a great experience and I had fun, although I have to say that driving one of these cars is tougher physically than driving my rally car.
• De la Rosa to test for Force India – autosport.com
  "McLaren tester Pedro de la Rosa is to drive for the Force India Formula One team today and tomorrow at the Barcelona circuit." An interesting development in the new partnership between Force India and McLaren-Mercedes.

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