Having decided the 2009 shakeup wasn't enough to spice things up, the FIA has stepped in to turn F1 in 2010 on it's head with the introductions of a budget cap, among other things.

McLaren have got away with their latest treachery, liegate, when they received a suspended 3-race ban from the World Motor Sport Council today. If they manage to keep themselves from bringing the sport into disrepute for the next 12 months, this should be the last we hear of it.

The meeting of the World Motor Sports Council in Paris tomorrow will be used not only to give McLaren a spanking over Liegate, but also to push through the official rules regarding the proposed budget cap for teams in the 2010 season.

Championship leader Jenson Button says that he feels the Red Bull Racing team now have the quickest car in the field, despite Button's Brawn GP entry taking it's third win from the opening four races of the season in Bahrain this weekend.

Speculation ahead of Wednesday's courtroom conclusion to the "Liegate" scandal seems to indicate that the most likely penalty that will be handed out to McLaren will take the form of a points deduction, as opposed to a race ban.

The fuel loads for the Bahrain Grand Prix have been released and show that Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull seems to be the best-placed driver inside the top few places, with the Toyotas are pretty much as light as expected.

Adrian Sutil was predictably handed a grid penalty for his crucial block on Mark Webber during the first part of the qualifying session, though rather more unpredictably, the penalty was the rarely used three place grid drop.

Despite a change of venue for 2010, the ongoing issues surrounding the long-term future of the British Grand Prix haven't gone away, as rent issues and funding means the Donington Park track's place on the calendar is under threat.

Isn't it always the way. You wait for years for a bona-fide brand new F1 entry to turn up, and then three arrive at once. After the plans for USF1 and Lola were unveiled, David Richards has announced that Prodrive may be in F1 for 2010.

Lola, the company that produced one of the least successful championship entries in recent history is planning a new assault on the F1 grid, taking advantage of the 2010 cost-capping regulations. With hilarious consequences.