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Bruno Senna - expected to drive for either the new Campos Meta or Manor GP teams in Formula One next season - drove a two seater F1 car around the new Yas Marina circuit.

After months of speculation, Ferrari have finally confirmed what the world has long suspected: Fernando Alonso will be joining the team for the 2010 season as Felipe Massa’s partner.

Lewis Hamilton produced a masterful drive to win Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix ahead of Timo Glock and Fernando Alonso as Jenson Button got more points on the board to shore up his championship lead.

Adrian Sutil topped the times for Force India in Friday’s second free practice session for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.

Being rather uninspired of late, uninspired meaning lazier than a Tom Cat after a 5 mouse meal, I decided to take the easy way out and post news and notes that have crossed newswires in the last few hours.

Michael Schumacher was back in the cockpit of a Formula One car on Friday - and it felt good. Schumacher borrowed an old Ferrari to test his form ahead of a comeback to F1 as substitute driver for the injured Felipe Massa.

What do Danica, Scott Speed and Marco Andretti all have in common? Along with Kyle Busch, Graham Rahal, AJ Allmendinger, and an unknown cast of dozens I suspect.

There had been major changes in the Formula 1 field since 1992 with Williams signing Alain Prost, who was returning to F1 after a year’s absence. World Champion Nigel Mansell quit the team in order to go Indy Car racing in the United States and since second driver Riccardo Patrese had expected to lose his drive and had signed for Benetton, Frank Williams had to find a new driver. It was eventually decided that Damon Hill, the team’s test driver, would be a good choice.

The climax to the 2008 F1 World Championship could represent the peak for a sport that appears to be on the brink of fundamental change. But one thing will endure regardless of how the sport changes in the future, the spectacular images captured during 2008.

Consider this Full Throttle’s ThanksGiving gift to all you motorheads. Feel free to add links to what you mistakenly think is a better TV spot in the comment section.

FIA president Max Mosley favours the introduction of a common engine across the board for Formula One race cars.

First it was Scott Speed who crossed, or recrossed more accurately, the Atlantic to distinguish himself in the ARCA RE/MAX Series after a season or two in the F1 Circus.
The possibility exists Anthony Davidson may reprise Speed’s trip across the Atlantic seeking employment.
Anthony Davidson could be poised to swap his dream of returning to an [...]

F1’s driver safety union, the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, is concerned about Formula One’s forthcoming inaugural night race in Singapore.

Despite considerable doubt over its place on the F1 calendar in recent months, it would appear that the future of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne has been saved. In a surprising turnaround, it seems a deal has been struck that will keep both Melbourne and the Australian Grand Prix on the Formula 1 calendar [...]

Formula One Grands Prix generate more revenue per event than any sport in the world?
That’s the claim made by Formula Money and Deloitte Sport Business Group. (The who group?)
Reportedly F1 generates more revenue per event than any other sport in the world. Each of the motor sport’s 17 races produce an average revenue of $229 [...]

Jacques Villeneuve is determined that his future remains in NASCAR, despite losing his ride this season, and is pushing for a full-time drive in the Sprint Cup next year.
The 1997 world champion, who will race for the second time at Le Mans with Peugeot next weekend, is working to raise the necessary budget for 2009.
Haven’t [...]

Every family seems to have a weird uncle.
Whether he’s “weird” in the strictest sense of the word or just something out of the ordinary to a particular family the statement is true enough to use the generalization.
At this point in the Max Mosley scandal it seems pretty fair to say Mosley is to the FIA [...]

And so it is, Super Aguri’s boss and owner Aguri Suzuki has unsheathed his Katana and committed Seppuku on F1’s first all-Japanese team in the Western-dominated sport.
“I have been very happy that I was able to achieve a miracle and become a team owner, but I have to make the difficult decision to withdraw,” Suzuki [...]

… Danica’s eyes are cast in a future direction:
Danica us hoping to test her skills in Formula One, admitting that she would relish a “proper” test with one of the teams.
“Every driver would love to drive a Formula One car at some point in their life, so yeah,” she told Autosport.
“I don’t think there’s anything [...]

The rest of us meaning F1 fans.
Jean Todt is being lined up to replace Max The Littlest Perv Mosley when the current President of the FIA either steps, or is forced, down.
Allegedly that is the overwhelming view in the Formula 1 paddock as the Perv’s self-imposed execution (hopefully!) at the “Extraordinary Meeting” in Paris is [...]