The FIA have released their "analysis" into the possibility of introducing Bernie Ecclestone's proposed medal system into the sport. The results are long, tedious and really prove that it ain't broke, so let's not fix it.

Controversy has sprung up around the brand new Williams and Toyota diffusers. Bad for those naughty pair of teams, but good for the rest of us, because it temporarily distracts our attention away from the rest of the car.

The desperate efforts to keep the artist formerly known as Honda on the grid for 2009 took a slightly surprising turn, as it emerged that Honda Racing have approached the UK Government for financial help from it's latest big money industry bail-out.

The entire grid of Formula One drivers are refusing to accept a new tariff for their FIA superlicenses in 2009, as the protracted moaning between the two super-rich sides of the debate over a relatively paltry amount of money continues to rumble on.

Toyota F1 boss John Howett confirmed that a "weak season" in 2009 would likely see the manufacturer end their involvement in the sport, following Honda's withdrawal after a dismal 2008 season, and the losses recorded by the marque on the global market.

BMW Sauber continued the thrilling rush of new cars hitting the headlines with the endlessly exciting launch of their F1.09 machine in Valencia today, the car that Robert Kubica hopes will help him challenge for this year's title, if not help them balance the books.

Completing the pair of launches in Portugal today, Williams showed off their FW31 in an even lower-key ceremony, which just seemed to involve leaving it lying around in the pit lane. The team have opted for a super-dark interim test livery in an effort to disguise all the ugly.

As F1 2009 continues to push our unerring ability to utilise the thesaurus entry for "ugly" to it's very limits, Renault became the latest team to make our eyes bleed in pain with the strangely quiet unveiling of their brilliantly awful R29 machine at the Algarve circuit in Portugal.

McLaren chief executive Sir Ronald of Dennis used Friday's spangly car launch as a platform to announce the end of his long reign as the de-facto boss of the team, allowing McLaren CEO Martin Whitmarsh to step into the role for the 2009 season and beyond.

The literally endless "fun" of car launch season continued today, as McLaren became the latest F1 team to unveil their incongruous 2009 machine, with their drivers taking the covers off to reveal the MP4-24 at the McLaren Technology Centre in "sunny" Woking.