Virgin Racing's Nick Wirth has again defended the team's decision to build a Formula One car designed exclusively on computer in 2010, saying that he was hoping to use their car to prove the worth of computer design to the world.

2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button has called his MBE award from the Queen, announced in the New Year's honours list today, the crowning glory of his 2009 year, as his former team boss Ross Brawn was also honoured with an OBE.

Campos Meta F1 boss Daniele Audetto has drawn a line under speculation linking disgraced former Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr with the new team, saying that he was not in the team's plans despite them having "nothing against" him.

Ferrari F1 team boss Stefano Domenicali has claimed that there could still be further changes to the F1 points scoring system for next season, with a plan for points to be awarded for pole position and fastest laps apparently being considered.

Red Bull driver, and sometime 'new Michael Schumacher' Sebastian Vettel has said that though all the current media attention in F1 is focused on the return of the seven-time champion, that will change once the season gets underway in March.

Virgin technical chief Nick Wirth has said that he "nearly burst into tears" when former Toyota and Jordan driver Timo Glock signed for the team, saying that the German's decision to race for them was a major boost for the team.

Toro Rosso chief Franz Tost has been quick to deny that the team are looking to sign Ralf Schumacher for the 2010 season, in what would be an unprecedented lack of originality should it happen. Which it won't do. Apparently.

Pietro Ferrari, the son of Enzo, the founder of the Italian marque, has moved to downplay the anger in the Italian media over Michael Schumacher's move to Mercedes GP for 2010 by insisting that the German has not committed "treason".

American single seater 'ace' Jonathan Summerton has said that a drive with the USF1 team in 2010 would be a fantastic opportunity, but has conceded that his best bet is likely to be as a test or reserve driver with the team.

New Virgin racing CEO Alex Tai has confidently asserted that the sport of Formula One is not the terrifying closed shop that many outsiders believe it to be, saying that his team has the character to survive in the pit lane.