Team US F1 backer Chad Hurley is the man who has the best chance of saving the outfit from its current troubles, claims a senior staff member at the American operation.
With the team’s car development plans weeks behind schedule, while it bids to try and skip the opening four races, there are mounting fears that the outfit could lose its place on the grid entirely if matters are not turned around.

Jean Todt has named Indonesia as a possible to start hosting global motorsport champ

Bridgestone Motorsport, the Official Tyre Supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship, has completed the first group test of the exciting new 2010 season after three days at the 4.05 km Circuit Comunitat de la Valencia, in Spain.
This was the first opportunity for teams, drivers and observers to see in action the final specification of the new narrow front Potenza F1 tyre developed by Bridgestone for this season.

Following a highly constructive and positive meeting of the Formula One Commission on Monday, an agreement was reached by all the sport’s stakeholders on a number of amendments to the sporting and technical regulations with the proposals now to be submitted to the FIA World Motor Sport Council for final approval.
New amendments to the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Formula 1 teams have approved a rule change that will force the top ten starters to begin the race on the same tyres they set their best qualifying lap on.
As infomotosport revealed last week, F1’s think-tank, the Sporting Working Group, has pushed for the concept that will add a strategic element to qualifying and open up the potential for overtaking over the course of a race.

Formula 1 teams have agreed to introduce an extra strategic element to races this season by forcing leading drivers to start races on the same tyres that they qualified on, infomotosport can reveal.
With the ban on refuelling for 2010 already forcing a big change in tactics compared to how grands prix have run in recent years, the new rule looks set to have an impact on how teams approach qualifying as well.

rewards for winning, infomotosport can reveal

Formula 1 technical chiefs have officially agreed to ban double diffusers from the start of next year, infomotosport can reveal.
A move to cut aerodynamic downforce was discussed with the FIA in Thursday’s meeting of F1 think-tank the Technical Working Group, where agreement was necessary if the changes were to be implemented in future regulations.

The Formula One Teams’ Association has confirmed that McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has been elected as its new chairman for the year 2010.
As first revealed by infomotosport in December, Whitmarsh is taking over the mandate from Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, whose one-year term ended last month.

Alterations to the new-for-2010 Formula 1 points system are still possible, with the topic set to be discussed at a forthcoming Formula 1 Commission meeting.
In December last year the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council approved an F1 Commission proposal that the top ten finishers in each race should score under a 25-20-15-10-8-6-5-3-2-1 distribution to reflect the fact that the grid was growing from 20 to 26 cars in 2010.

Formula 1 teams are closing in on a move to ban double diffusers in a bid to cut downforce and slow the cars down from the start of the 2011 season, infomotosport can reveal.
The introduction of double diffusers into F1 caused huge controversy at the start of last season

Lotus boss Tony Fernandes believes that the arrival of new teams and new faces in Formula 1 will act as a force for positive change in the sport throughout 2010.
The Malaysian entrepeneur, who twins his Lotus role with his AirAsia business, reckons F1 has been held back in the past by too much off-track politics and conflict.
“Teams compete, but there are many ways that they compete stupidly – trying to kill each other doesn’t benefit anyone,” he told infomotosport.

Virgin Racing boss Alex Tai says his parent company is unfazed about the challenge of fighting for glory with its own team in Formula 1 this season.
Less than a year after Richard Branson’s Virgin Group entered F1 as a sponsor of Brawn GP, it has taken over the Manor outfit to campaign under its own banner for the 2010 campaign.
And although that step up has presented Virgin with a steep learning curve, Tai believes the company’s experiences outside of motor racing have put it in good stead for what lays …

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo says that Formula 1 needs to find answers to its problems as soon as possible if his Maranello outfit is to stick with the sport for the long-term.
At the end of a year Ferrari came the closest it has ever been to quitting F1, in the wake of the row over cost cuts and future rules, and di Montezemolo has again warned that the Scuderia is seeking further improvements over the next few years.
Ferrari is currently only committed until the end of 2012 and di …