Felipe Massa is set to leave hospital ahead of schedule, according to his personal doctor in Budapest. The injured but recovering Ferrari driver should be well enough to fly back to his home in Brazil at the start of next week.

The FIA has announced the date for the appeal against Renault's proposed suspension from the European Grand Prix. The French team will go in front of the FIA's International Court of Appeal in Paris on August 17th.

Max Mosley's reaction to the withdrawal of BMW from F1 at the end of the season has predictably been one of casual insouciance, with the outgoing FIA president insisting, Gloria Gaynor-style, that Formula One will survive.

Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton has said that it would be "great" to compete against Michael Schumacher in Formula One, should the Ferrari plan to run the German in place of the injured Felipe Massa come to fruition.

Felipe Massa will possibly leave hospital earlier than first anticipated, according to his personal doctor, who says that the injured Brazilian driver is improving well enough to be discharged before the ten day timeframe given earlier.

Polish BMW driver Robert Kubica is officially after a new job, according to his manager, after the announcement from BMW that they will be leaving the sport at the end of the year left the future of the team uncertain.

For no good reason whatsoever, it seems that seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher will step back into an Formula One car from the European Grand Prix onwards, according to a statement from the Ferrari team.

Felipe Massa's personal doctor has said that he has "no doubt" that the Brazilian driver will race in F1 again, and his condition is rapidly improving in the Budapest hospital where he is to be moved out of intensive care later today.

The BMW Sauber squad will be supported by the Formula One Teams' Association after parent company BMW pulled the plug on their involvement, as the team seeks to secure the team's place on the starting grid for next year.

The BMW squad will leave Formula One at the end of 2009, it was confirmed this morning, after the manufacturer suffered an awful season in the sport. Though the official reason given was a "strategic realignment".