Ed Gorman
Even in these dark and dramatic days in Formula One, some people are laughing. In fact quite a lot of people in the higher reaches of the sport spend most of their time laughing. That is a group that would not have included Ron Dennis by the way.

In the recent weeks, after the F1 world healed its split rift with the FIA, attention was set to be turned to Silly Season, but was stylishly interrupted by Massa’s incident; Schumacher’s missed Return, Badoer’s awful form, and now, Renault’s almost disastrous scandal.

Ferrari is one of the greatest brands which exist today and though some may differ, Ferrari is F1 and F1 needs them more than Ferrari needs the sport. Ferrari has always been a dream drive for any driver in the sport

Ferrari, as widely expected have signed Giancarlo Fisichella to replace Luca Badoer in the second Ferrari for Monza, and presumably the remainder of the season.

So the first qualifying session at the brand new and quite spectacular Abu Dhabi circuit. The drivers coped very well with all the changes and it was an entertaining session. The main feature of the track seems to be how spectacular it looks – they are trying to be the ‘Arabian Monaco’.

Organisers say they now have funds in place to complete a circuit in time for 2010 race.

After almost being forced to sit on the sidelines this season after Honda decided not to continue with their Formula One experiment, Jenson Button...

The racing wasn’t the only thing to hit the headlines this weekend. The row between the FIA and FOTA over the much publicised 2010 budget capping rumbles on. It’s something I seem to find myself writing about again and again