Monday's F1 gossip column

by GD Mon 07 Jun 2010, 7:37 pm

As Aryton Senna's nephew, Bruno carries a weight of expectation with him

BBC Sport brings you a regular round-up of the gossip in newspapers and on specialist websites around the world.

HRT boss Colin Kolles has insisted he is happy with the progress being made by both the team's drivers, Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna. Test driver Sakon Yamamoto has recently been linked with possibly taking over from Senna. Full story: ESPNF1.com
Mercedes motorsport vice president Norbert Haug says that estimating his team's performance in Montreal at the weekend is tricky. "It is difficult to predict where we could end up in Canada," he said. "But we will certainly try as hard as we can." Full story: GPUpdate.com
Adrian Sutil, 10th in the drivers' world championship with 22 points from the first seven races, believes his real talent is shining through this season now that he has a significantly-improved Force India car. "Last year I had to risk too much to get a decent result sometimes," said the German. Full story: Autosport.com
Felipe Massa, who lost out to Lewis Hamilton by a single point on the final day of the season in 2008, is convinced he will one day land the drivers' world championship. "More than ever," he says. Full story: telegraph.co.uk
Some leading Formula 1 team bosses are warning against rule changes that could undermine recent cost-cutting work. In light of a new tyre supplier entering the fray next season, concern centres around continuing suggestions that limited testing is unfairly penalising inexperienced drivers and new teams. Full story: itv-f1.com
Just when you thought debate over the Red Bull collision in Turkey was done and dusted... "Webber could have prevented the accident," says Gerhard Berger, the former owner of Toro Rosso and ex-driver. "Had Vettel been in a McLaren, then Webber could have done what he did. In that case, he must not give way." Full story: ESPNF1.com
Kimi Raikkonen has admitted a return to Formula 1 is "possible". But the 2007 world champion also stressed he was more than happy with his new foray in world rallying. "I love this job and the whole environment," he said. Full story: Kleine Zeitung

(from BBC)