Formula One ( F1 )

I hope that Jenson's dad's passing, doesn't affect Jenson for too long. I know emotionally it will be hard, but it will take all of Martin Whitmarsh's abilities to steady this rocking ship at the moment.

Eh, looks like Whitmarsh is going to get a bit marginalised. Ron is back.

And followed by Ross Brawn......taking Whitmarsh's role, with Ron being CEO, but not team boss?

Just been catching up on the rumour-mill. If it does happen that way, McLaren will have all of Mercedes' secret developments and innovations. I anticipate fireworks.

All the drivers for 2014 are now confirmed, with the popular Kamui Kobayashi back in Formula 1, at Caterham. Testing starts on Jan 28th.

Red Bull-Renault - Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo

Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg

Ferrari - Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen

Lotus-Renault - Romain Grosjean, Pastor Maldonado

McLaren-Mercedes - Jenson Button, Kevin Magnussen

Force India-Mercedes - Nico Hulkenberg, Sergio Perez

Sauber-Ferrari - Adrian Sutil, Esteban Gutierrez

Toro Rosso-Renault - Jean-Eric Vergne, Daniil Kvyat

Williams-Mercedes - Felipe Massa, Valtteri Bottas

Marussia-Ferrari - Jules Bianchi, Max Chilton

Caterham-Renault - Kamui Kobayashi, Marcus Ericsson

New Force India looks kinda nice - well from this angle anyway:

Let's hope it fast. It would be good to see Hulkenberg and Perez challenging for podiums.

Still think it's madness that Pastor Maldonado has a seat and Di Resta has missed out... Money makes the world go round I guess.

Am also surprised that Sutil was chosen ahead of him.

New engines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI0fgWxgYT4

Renault (Facebook link, sorry)

Render of the new Williams FW36

The nose doesn't look that bad.

Distinct lack of sponsorship...

The nose doesn't look that bad.

if you are a porpoise.

Distinct lack of sponsorship...

Deliberate for that render and a Williams tradition during pre-season testing. They've actually just announced Martini as a new sponsor.

awesome. Paint plz

Bad news for McLaren fans. Sam Michael has been announced as Team Principle.

Bad move McLaren.

As the aero on that Williams looks nothing like my Cervelo I predict it will be a bit shit in 2014.

Bad news for McLaren fans. Sam Michael has been announced as Team Principle.

Bad move McLaren.

Thank fuck that rumour didn't turn out to be true. It's gonna be Eric Boullier.

Yeah, I was a bit premature there. Phew...

unless they have a miracle with the car, they are fncked.

New McLaren.

Oooooo, that's quite ugly. Looks like a shiny river dolphin.

Looks like it did too much coke when it was younger

Those highly polished tyres won't have much grip