With the Formula 1 season finished, BBC Sport will bring you a regular round-up of the gossip in newspapers and on specialist websites around the world.
Jenson Button wants an £8m salary in his new contract with Brawn, considerably less than earned by Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen, and his management are puzzled by comments made by team boss Ross Brawn.
Kimi Raikkonen’s management team visited McLaren’s Technology Centre on Wednesday as guests of team boss Martin Whitmarsh.
Full story: ITV-F1.com
Motor racing’s international governing body has robustly defended its handling of the World Motor Sport Council meeting which led to Flavio Briatore, the former Renault Formula 1 team principal, being handed a lifetime ban from involvement in any FIA-sanctioned competition.
Full story: guardian.co.uk
The FIA has condemned the leaking of documents from Flavio Briatore’s legal case against Formula 1’s ruling body.
Full story: autosport.com
Felipe Massa has insisted that he has no concerns about the possibility that he might end up playing second fiddle to the incoming Fernando Alonso at Ferrari in F1 2010 – contending that whichever of the two puts in the most work will ultimately come out on top.
Full story: crash.net
Manor has moved into the frame to sign Timo Glock for 2010. In the Abu Dhabi paddock earlier this month, it seemed the then Toyota driver would almost certainly be switching to Renault to become Robert Kubica’s team-mate.
Full story: F1-live.com
While most of France was on holiday, remembering the Armistice at the end of World War I, the FIA was busy with an international seminar to examine the issue of overtaking in motor sport.
Full story: grandprix.com
Although Jarno Trulli has already stated his upcoming Nascar test is for fun, the Michael Waltrip Racing team owner insists his outfit is taking it seriously.
Full story: planet-f1.com
With this weekend marking 17 weeks until the 2010 season kicks off in Bahrain, the new Lotus F1 team is on the lookout for sponsors to help it through the campaign.
Full story: gpupdate.net
Czech capital Prague is bidding for its own Formula 1 street race. The country, which hosts a round of MotoGP’s championship at Brno, is yet to welcome F1 but hopes to do so at the urban Prague Sport and Car Centrum circuit.
Full story: gpupdate.net
Formula Two runner-up Robert Wickens has revealed that has spoken “off the record” with a number of teams about making the move into F1 for the 2010 season.
Full story: Toronto Globe and Mail
Reference: BBC Sport F1
