Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali is convinced Kimi Raikkonen will return to form in time to salvage his title campaign.
Raikkonen dropped to third in the Drivers' standings at the previous race in Valencia when an engine failure cost him a potential points-finish.
Gerhard Berger concedes that losing Sebastian Vettel will be a blow to Toro Rosso as the German's performances have gone a long way towards lifting the team's flagging spirits.
Lewis Hamilton will be fine to race in next weekend's Belgian GP despite almost missing Sunday's Valencia race.
Hamilton suffered severe next pain that almost sidelined him in Spain, resulting in him needing injections in order to compete in Saturday's qualifying and Sunday's race.
Nick Heidfeld's future with BMW Sauber has been thrown into doubt.
The team's motorsport director Mario Theissen has called on the German to improve his qualifying performances in order to secure a new contract.
Reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen fears his bid for back-to-back drivers' titles is hanging in the balance.
Raikkonen's Ferrari suffered a blown engine 11 laps from the finish of Sunday's European Grand Prix to extend his woeful winless run to eight races.
Nick Heidfeld responded to his team's call for him to raise his game by posting the quickest time in testing on day two at Monza.
The BMW Sauber driver had been told his performances this season had not been good enough with the German put in the shade by the form of Polish team-mate Robert Kubica.
Fresh from his victory in the European Grand Prix, Felipe Massa continued his good form during the first day of testing at Monza on Wednesday.
Massa, who was testing Ferrari's aero package ahead of the team's home grand prix next month, set the fastest time of 1min 23.428secs. The Brazilian was also the busiest man on a hot and humid day in northern Italy, completing 101 laps.
Oh dear, what a huge disappointment.
After all the hype and expectation surrounding the Valencia Street Circuit, Formula One's newest addition to the calendar served up a snooze-fest of a European Grand Prix.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has paid tribute to former Formula One world champion Phil Hill, who died on Thursday at the age of 81.
Hill passed away in a Salinas-Monterey Hospital on California following a short illness resulting from complications of Parkinson's disease.
Jarno Trulli has expressed concerns about safety issues ahead of Formula One's first night race in September.
The Toyota driver believes things are not looking too "comfortable" for the Singapore Grand Prix as it will take place in the middle of the rainy season.
Lewis Hamilton's boss, Ron Dennis, has denied favouring the Formula One championship leader over his McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa set the fastest time on the opening day of testing at Monza on Wednesday.
The Brazilian, second to Lewis Hamilton in the World Championship standings after winning the European Grand Prix last weekend, clocked a best lap of one minute 23.428 seconds.
Nick Heidfeld's future with BMW has once again been thrown into doubt after Mario Theissen urged him to up his game or risk not getting a new contract.
Heidfeld has been outdone by his lesser experienced team-mate this season with Robert Kubica the one to bag BMW's maiden pole position as well as the German outfit's first ever grand prix win.
Nick Heidfeld's future with BMW has once again been thrown into doubt after Mario Theissen urged him to up his game or risk not getting a new contract.
Heidfeld has been outdone by his lesser experienced team-mate this season with Robert Kubica the one to bag BMW's maiden pole position as well as the German outfit's first ever grand prix win.
Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has vowed he will leave no stone unturned in a bid to discover the reason behind the team's engine woes.
Just three weeks after Felipe Massa saw victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix disappear in a cloud of oil smoke three laps from home, Kimi Raikkonen followed suit at Valencia on Sunday when running fifth.
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has stated he is "ashamed to be English" after witnessing Valencia successfully stage the European Grand Prix.
Spain's third largest city made its Formula One debut at the weekend, and in many respects did not let down supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
Lewis Hamilton was left thanking his lucky stars for McLaren doctor Aki Hintsa after he saved his European Grand Prix weekend.
Hamilton was almost forced to pull out of the debut Valencia event after arriving with flu, and then waking up with a neck spasm on Saturday morning ahead of qualifying.
Ron Dennis has praised his backroom staff at McLaren for ensuring Lewis Hamilton was able to keep his Formula One world title dream on track.
Lewis Hamilton is confident he can cap his second season in Formula One with the world title.
The Brit believes he proved last year during his battle with Fernando Alonso that he deserves number one status.
The battle for this year's Formula One world title would appear to have been boiled down to two components - reliability versus speed.
Toyota
Jarno Trulli: "That was a good result and a great performance by the team. The weekend started badly for me but it has finished really well today so I'm happy. I could drive a strong race without attacking much. I pushed very hard when I needed to while paying attention to taking care of my tyres and my brakes throughout. This shows how good we are getting and how nice it is to race with a competitive car every weekend. Toyota is doing a very good job this year and looking strong and more competitive at every circuit. The team is still pushing with the development work so I'm confident that we can maintain the form in the coming races and keep the points coming."
McLaren boss Ron Dennis' opinion might be biased, but he insists Lewis Hamilton is currently the best driver in Formula One.
Hamilton was described as a "miracle man" by team doctor Aki Hintsa after defying illness and pain to take his place in the European Grand Prix.
Robert Kubica was relieved to bag his first podium result for six races after a plastic carrier almost wrecked his European Grand Prix.
After failing in his bid to pass Lewis Hamilton at the start of the inaugural Valencia event from third on the grid, Kubica then feared he would have to retire soon after when he suffered instability.
'Miracle man' Lewis Hamilton moved a small step closer towards his Formula One world title dream on a bitter-sweet day for Ferrari.
The 23-year-old put his health and body on the line to qualify second on Saturday before finishing runner-up to Ferrari flier Felipe Massa at the Valencia Street Circuit, hosting its maiden race.
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FINISH: However with Massa's pit stop still under investigation it remains to be seen whether he will hold onto the win
Ron Dennis has categorically refuted claims he is to 'step back' from his role as McLaren boss at the end of the season.
Such a move has been speculated upon for some considerable time, in particular after last year's spy scandal that proved draining for the 61-year-old.
Felipe Massa escaped the wrath of the stewards to claim a deserved European Grand Prix victory just three weeks after suffering heartbreak.
Ten points were ripped from Massa's grasp in cruel fashion when the engine in his Ferrari blew three laps from the finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest where he was on course for an easy win.
Ferrari
Felipe Massa: "It's fantastic having won this race, especially after the disappointment of Budapest. The team did an amazing job in preparing for this Grand Prix and the benefits of that could be seen right from the very first day. Yesterday, I got pole and today the win, with the race fastest lap as the icing on the cake. You cannot ask for more especially at my one hundredth grand prix with every single one of them powered by a Ferrari engine. I got a good start and I pushed to the maximum right from the early laps. In the second part of the race, the car was exceptional, but also in the final stint, when I had the softer tyres, I could do the lap times easily. This is an important moment in my career and I must continue to work in this way. I am sorry for what happened to Kimi: we have to look very carefully at our reliability. I am confident the team knows which countermeasures to take to react to this issue, as it has always done in the past."
Qualifying for the European Grand Prix may well turn out to be a tale of the unexpected if a remarkable final practice session is anything to go by.
Felipe Massa will start from pole position around the new Valencia Street Circuit for Sunday's European Grand Prix.
Normal service was resumed in the closing 10-minute blast that is Q3 after Formula One's 'minnows' had threatened a major surprise in the first two sessions as Sebastian Vettel and Jarno Trulli shone.
Honda boss Ross Brawn is to delay announcing his driver line-up for next year until late this season after conceding Fernando Alonso holds the key to the market.
Brawn has made no secret of his admiration for Alonso, earlier this month remarking the Spaniard is "one of the top drivers in Formula One."
Renault
Nelson Piquet Jr: "The first lap was rough as I was in the middle of the pack and lost several positions. After that I tried to fight back, but my front wing was damaged and it was difficult to overtake. It's a shame that we couldn't get into the top ten, but I hope we can have a better race in Spa for the Belgian Grand Prix in a couple of weeks time."
Kimi Raikkonen firmly believes he can end his seven-race victory drought despite another poor qualifying show by his high standards.
Raikkonen starts from fourth on the grid for Sunday's European Grand Prix at the Valencia Street Circuit after being out-qualified by Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa for the eighth time this year.
Fernando Alonso led a minute's silence in memory of the 153 victims of the Spanish airline disaster in Madrid on Wednesday.
The two-time world champion yesterday confirmed he would speak with his fellow Formula One drivers in the hope of staging a meaningful tribute.
Kimi Raikkonen ended Friday's practice sessions in Valencia fastest overall as the Finn clocked a 1:39.477 during the day's second practice session.
Raikkonen edged out Renault Spanish driver Fernando Alonso by 0.02s while Jenson Button was third quickest a further 0.049s off the pace.
Robert Kubica has dismissed Kimi Raikkonen's claim the Formula One world title race has now become a three-horse affair.
Earlier this week reigning world champion Raikkonen suggested the championship was between himself, Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa and current leader Lewis Hamilton, with eight points separating the trio.
Lewis Hamilton is adamant his world title bid is stronger this year as he is no longer floating away with the fairies.
Hamilton may have set all kinds of rookie records during his debut season, including a run of nine successive podium finishes, but it ultimately ended in heartache.
The circuit is undoubtedly new, and so it was perhaps appropriate a new name stood at the top of the standings at the end of first practice for Sunday's European Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton will continue to piece together his Valencia Street Circuit jigsaw puzzle on Saturday as he bids to strengthen his Formula One world championship lead.
Vijay Mallya has not given up hope Force India will break their points duck in Formula One this season.
After 11 races neither Giancarlo Fisichella nor Adrian Sutil have yet to score a point, leaving Force India as the only team with a zero against their name.
I have to admit I feel sorry for Jenson Button.
Not because of his playboy lifestyle or massive salary, and not because he gets to live the schoolboy dream of being a racing car driver.
It is simply because he has been usurped by Lewis Hamilton.
Martin Whitmarsh believes the old phrase 'discretion is the better part of valour' will serve McLaren well this weekend.
Fernando Alonso is hoping to conduct a minute's silence with his fellow drivers in the wake of Wednesday's Spanish air disaster.
Heikki Kovalainen is refusing to support McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Briton's bid to become Formula One world champion.
I have to admit I feel sorry for Jenson Button.
Not because of his playboy lifestyle or massive salary, and not because he gets to live the schoolboy dream of being a racing car driver.
Lewis Hamilton claims consistency over the closing races will be key to winning this year's Formula One world title.
Following a three-week summer break, the F1 circus pitches up on virgin territory in Valencia for Sunday's European Grand Prix.
Kimi Raikkonen is convinced this season's Formula One world title race will "go to the wire", just as it did last year.
After getting in all sorts of trouble in the latter part of the first half of the season, Kimi Raikkonen hopes things will run smoothly once racing returns at the European Grand Prix this weekend.
Timo Glock is hoping to build on his Hungarian podium when he heads to Valencia this weekend for the European GP.
Three weeks ago the Toyota driver clinched his first ever F1 podium at the Hungaroring and despite having the summer break in which to calm down admits he's still riding the wave of success.
Fernando Alonso is looking forward to an "interesting challenging" when the F1 circus stops in Valencia this weekend.
With the three-week summer break now a thing of the past, Alonso and his rivals are gearing up for the next race on the calendar, the European GP.
