Di Rest still unhappy with Heidfeld after the two tangled on the opening lap of the German GP.

Perez already had a contract in place for 2012, but he says the confirmation will allow him to focus on the rest of the season.

The Renault team will stay with their forward facing exhaust system for the Hungarian GP.

Heidfeld

"We are planning, as far as I know, to use the forward version here. We are still investigating the rear one. We'll see when we get that back, but for sure we are looking into it."

Linkin Park, Shaggy and Rick Astley to perform at Singapore GP weekend

FIA press conference schedule - Hungary

Thursday, July 28, 1500 hours local time (1300 GMT)
Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), Jenson Button (McLaren), Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus), Felipe Massa (Ferrari) and Mark Webber (Red Bull).

Friday, July 29, 1600 hours local time (1400 GMT)
Eric Boullier (Renault), Graeme Lowdon (Marussia), Jonathan Neale (McLaren), Adrian Newey (Red Bull) and Rob White (Renault Sport F1).

The qualifying and post-race conferences with the top three drivers will take place immediately after the respective sessions.

The Sauber team is very happy with the drivers they have and will retain them for 2012 team boss Peter Sauber said.

Team principal Peter Sauber said: "We are very pleased with our drivers. Kamui has grown into his role extremely well this year. Though it is only his second full Formula 1 season, he is already taking on the responsibilities that naturally fall to the more experienced driver in the team. We are delighted with him at both a sporting and a personal level. We had an option of working with him in 2012 and there was never any doubt that we would take it."

Daniel Ricciardo wants to outpace his HRT teammate sooner rather than later.

Schumacher can win again says Ferrari's Fernando Alonso

Alonso: When Michael finally has a good car again then we will certainly have some more fun together at the front. I am convinced that Schumacher could win again.

Hamilton says rivals will be quicker in the hot Hungarian weather

Hamilton: If you look at Hungary last year the Red Bull was light years ahead of everyone. If you look at Valencia this year, Red Bull and Ferrari were massively quick in the hot conditions, and I expect them to be the same again this weekend. Naturally we will try to improve, but I do think we will have to wait until next year before our car is maybe as good as theirs. We'll see. Maybe we'll turn up there and be quick, maybe we'll have cooler conditions and it will be perfect for us.

Sauber retains Kobayashi and Perez for 2012 Formula 1 season

Williams rookie Maldonado won the GP2 race in Hungary last year and is looking forward to his first F1 race at the track.

Renault team boss Eric Boullier says three F1 teams are interest in Romain Grosjean who he believes has matured since he left the team.

Massa wants to visit the people who helped him after being hit by a spring during qualifying at the 2009 Hungarian GP.

Massa:

"Once again I plan to meet the people who helped me through that difficult time, both at the track and at the hospital. I spent some time in Budapest and made a full recovery, which was like a victory for me and the people here felt part of that victory."

Alonso remembers Massa's accident and his first victory at the Hungarian GP

Alonso

I know the Hungarian Grand Prix has a special significance for the Scuderia, as it has experienced some great moments, but also some dramatic ones, like when Felipe was injured in that fluke accident when he was hit by a part of Rubens’ Brawn. Budapest is special for me too, as it was at this very race in 2003 that I took my first ever Formula 1 win. It was a very emotional day, the memory of which will always stay with me.

Ferrari must further improve its car to get closer to the front says Alonso

Alonso

We have made up a lot of ground compared to the very early part of the season in terms of performance, but we must take a further step forward, as I have said so often before. We still lack something, especially in qualifying: it’s true that in the race we can make up for this, but it’s not always possible to move up two places compared to our grid position, as happened in Monaco, Valencia, Silverstone and Nurburgring. At the Hungaroring, the weather should be more in keeping with summer, which is no bad thing as I’ve had enough of the cold and damp we experienced in England and Germany! That goes not just for me, but also for our car: it would definitely work better in temperatures higher than the 13° we had last Sunday.

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says Vettel is not cracking under pressure.

Martin Whitmarsh

"He wasn't under that much pressure. He was out of the race [in terms of victory], in my opinion, when he made his mistakes. People may characterise it as cracking under pressure, but in fairness I don't think that was the case.They were simply mistakes. Drivers make them, so do teams, all human beings. So it's not him cracking under pressure, but self-evidently he simply made a couple of mistakes. You could even say he made them at the right time, when he wasn't winning. I'd like to have seen some of those mistakes when he was leading a race, but it can also swing the other way.He has done a pretty good job so far this year, so I don't think he is cracking."

Virgin Racing's CEO Graeme Lowdon says D'Ambrosio impressed a lot of people this season.

Graeme Lowdon: Jerome's doing a really great job, I think he's surprised a lot of people with his maturity in the races as well.

Paul di Resta has admitted he isn’t sure he will still be with the Force India team in 2012.

Alonso believes Red Bull Racing still well on its way to the title.

Alonso: "We did very well in Britain, McLaren won in Germany, but Red Bull is always on the podium, if not with one driver then the other."

Ferrari track boss explains the logistics of back to back races

Ferrari head of Track Operations - Diego Ioverno

"As all back to back races, the move from one track to another is quite complicated from a logistical point of view. The cars were stripped down on Sunday evening in the Nurburgring garages to check all the parts and to see if there were any problems highlighted by studying the car data. Then, some components had to go back to Maranello for a more detailed inspection and rebuild before being shipped to Budapest. The majority of the team travelled directly from Germany to Hungary, with others heading back to Maranello first."

Red Bull Racing has plans to use its F1 expertise outside of F1 in the future Christian Horner said.

Christian Horner: Red Bull used to be known only as an energy drink company, but now it is recognised as an engineering team. It’s a natural evolution for us to get involved in road car engineering.

Pit stops still an issue for Ferrari after they introduce a new wheel nut at the German GP.

Vettel does not have to worry about the championship says Niki Lauda

Lauda: "He still has a big gap in the standings. He need not worry."

Renault will analyse its aero package during the August break Vitaly Petrov said.

Petrov: We’ve had some challenges with our aero packages so we will be analysing that in the August break among other things.

Trulli happy to return to the cockpit at the Hungarian GP

Jarno Trulli – car #21, chassis T128-01: I’m obviously pleased to be back in the car and looking forward to getting on track in Hungary. The Hungarian Grand Prix is held on one of the typical modern Formula 1 circuits - it’s pretty stop / start and has a lot of low speed corners with nothing really quick. It's very bumpy and hilly, and it's always very hot, so it's a big challenge for the cars and the drivers but I do enjoy the race there as it pushes the drivers physically, and getting a good lap requires concentration and focus.

Ferrari is trying to prioritise its resources to best cover the development of both cars chief designer Nikolas Tombazis explained.

Chief designer Nikolas Tombazis:

"Obviously, the research is not applicable for next year's car but other things we are doing for this year's car also has some bearing towards next year's car, so it is a bit of a mix on that – trying to prioritise best our resources to cover both cars."

Force India will only announce its driver lineup by the middle of December team boss Vijay Mallya said.

Mallya: I will announce my driver lineup around December 15th. Not before that. I want all my guys to focus on the job at hand and not start speculating about their future.

Hamilton can't wait for Hungarian GP after winning the German GP last Sunday.

Lewis Hamilton

"After my win at the Nurburgring on Sunday, the Hungarian Grand Prix

can't come soon enough. The team performed brilliantly last weekend and
I want to maintain that momentum at the Hungaroring."

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh says its impossible to predict who will be fastest at this weekend's Hungarian GP.

Martin Whitmarsh:

"I think giving predictions in this sport is virtually impossible. There is a see-saw of form here and I don't think we can say that this victory shows them we are on a roll. I don't think we are. I think we have to say that yes we could win. We can win or it can see-saw and go the other way, so we will be working very, very hard to make sure that we do the best job possible in the next race."

Pirelli wants in season testing in 2012 to take place directly after one of the races.

Renault's Nick Heidfeld wants a good result in Hungary ahead of the August break.

Nick Heidfeld:

"We want to have a good result, especially before the August break because it would do a lot for our morale to go into the second half of the season on a high."

F1 teams could have a three day test before the 2012 European stage starts and Mugello is one of the possible tracks for the test.

Button wants to be on the podium in Hungary for his 200th GP.

Button: "It’s my intention to be back on the podium for my 200th grand prix.”

Ferrari will continue to upgrade the 2011 F1 car despite working on significant changes for 2012.

Hamilton is unable to explain his return to form after winning the German GP.

Mercedes GP is reportedly on a major recruitment drive the German press reported.

The Hungaroring holds very special memories for Virgin Racing's Timo Glock

Glock: In 2008 I scored my first ever Formula One podium here, so the Hungaroring holds very special memories. Budapest is also a unique city and I always enjoy the race weekend here, where the atmosphere is always great.

The 2012 Ferrari will be very different chief designer Nikolas Tombazis said.

Nikolas Tombazis: " We have taken a very fresh approach, and there are a lot of areas of the car that will change substantially. In that regard it represents a bigger change compared to previous years and previous cars and, quite frankly, we need to do that because we need to make a bigger step forward than we have done previously."

Former Renault driver Romain Grosjean could replace Heidfeld before the end of the season.

Force India boss Vijay Mallya happy with the progress the team has made since Monaco.

Force India boss Vijay Mallya: "We showed great promise actually from Monaco onwards. We were competitive in Canada, where at one stage Paul was running fifth or sixth."

Barrichello hopes for better result in Hungarian GP this weekend.

Barrichello: "It is a race I have won in the past so I am looking forward to racing there again. Just like Monaco, it is a slow speed track which can throw up a few surprises, so I hope we can get a better result."

The FIA has decided to place the DRS zone on the main start-finish straight at the Hungaroring for this weekend's Hungarian GP

Williams will test new bodywork on Friday in Hungary says tech boss Sam Michael.

Sam Michael: We will have new bodywork to test on the Friday, and we will also run KERS on both cars.

The Hungarian GP is one of the hardest races of the year says F1 championship leader Sebastian Vettel.

Sebastian Vettel: “The Hungarian GP is one of the hardest for the drivers. It can get very hot in the cockpit due to the high-temperatures, which means we lose a lot of body fluid during the race."

Hungarian GP another opportunity for Red Bull Racing to score good points says Webber.

Webber:

"The Hungaroring should suit our car well, we were very strong there last year and more of the same this year would be good. It’s another opportunity for us to get some good points – and it’s always nice to finish before the break with a strong result – so lets see how we go.”

The Hungarian GP will be more exciting this season because of DRS says Sauber's Kobayashi.

Kobayashi: The straight is quite short, therefore in the past it was very difficult to overtake, but this year we have the DRS which will help us to put on a more exciting race for the fans.

Hamilton's victory in the German GP boosted him to 5th in the Castrol EDGE rankings.

Williams removed KERS for the German GP to find out what effect it would have on tyres and as a result will use it again in Hungary.

Williams tech boss Sam Michael

"We have had doubts over KERS in the past with controlling the brake balance under braking, where you end up with quite a difficult situation.

"We always felt in the past that the few times in races where we have turned it off, it has actually been better on rear tyre degradation. There is no doubt in qualifying that it is better because it gives you three and a half tenths because you can go out and we don't have to charge KERS for qualifying.

"Some guys are obviously more on top of their changing than we are, so the penalty for running it is something that we thought we could try at this track. We were planning to try and do it here."

Renault team boss Eric Boullier reportedly not happy with Heidfeld's performance so far and his seat uncertain.

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi has no fear about nuclear exposure at October's Japanese GP.

Kamui Kobayashi: Nobody is worried in Japan. Going to Suzuka will show support for the people. I expect people to come from everywhere to Suzuka

Red Bull Racing can't back off on its development team boss Christian Horner said.

Christian Horner: But for sure this race is a reminder that we cannot back off, and not any member of the team is backing off at the moment. Everybody is pushing flat out.

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh says Hamilton did a brilliant job at the German GP.

Whitmarsh: What can I say? Lewis was perfect in qualifying, and perfect in the race, and the result was perfect too.

I’d like to congratulate Lewis on a fantastic victory this afternoon. He’s done a great job all weekend

Button says he could have finished fourth, but was hit by hydraulic issue at the German GP.

Button: My pace was good compared to the guys in front, [Felipe] Massa and [Sebastian] Vettel, so it was all looking quite exciting. I had a lot of fun out there and then we had a hydraulic issue and I had to retire the car on safety grounds. You never know what's going to happen with hydraulics, because obviously the steering is hydraulic and so is the gearshifts and what have you.

Alonso very happy with second position in the German GP.

Alonso: I am extremely happy with today's result. We had a weekend that probably was not the easiest one. We struggled a bit on Friday, in qualifying we were fourth, half a second from pole so no doubts that we struggled a bit more with the weekend. But even with the difficulties we are second and fighting for victory, so this is a fantastic achievement. Second in Valencia, first at Silverstone and second here. With three different rules, three different maps, we were constantly first and second on three different circuit and with different temperatures, so with all these conditions we saw consistency that put us in a good position to enjoy this final part of the championship.

Mark Webber has reportedly signed a contract extension with Red Bull Racing.

Hamilton says his aggressive driving style helped him to earn victory in Germany.

Hamilton: Driving lap after lap within tenths of each other was about real perfection, and with my aggressive style, I felt the moves I made were some of the most precise I have pulled in a while.

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi says a good strategy earned them points in the German GP

Kobayashi: The fact we have scored points is down to a very good pit stop strategy. Our pace just wasn't good enough here.

Schumacher says spin in the German GP surprised him

Schumacher: My spin caught me by complete surprise, but that spot is known to be tricky in wet conditions, even if the conditions were not so wet today. Anyway, it obviously cost me some positions which was a shame. Towards the end, rain could have helped but the chances were low so I did not count on it. All in all, I am OK with the race. With the little improvements we have made, we can look forward to Hungary now.

Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner says the next few track should suit their car better.

Horner: It’s been Ferrari one race, the next McLaren - and the constant factor is Red Bull. Hopefully now we’ll get a few tracks that should be good for us.

Red Bull Racing must improve its car says Vettel after Hamilton and Alonso finished ahead of him.

Vettel: It looks like McLaren and Ferrari are getting quicker and quicker so we need to work harder on our car to try and improve it in order to be back on the podium and maybe stand on the top step again.

Kobayashi is Sauber's team leader this season and he had to change his approach as a result.

Kobayashi: "I have had to change my approach as I am the most experienced driver in the team. I am more confident this year."

German GP - Free practice 2

1 Webber1'31.711
2 Alonso 1'31.879
3 Vettel 1'32.084
4 Massa 1'32.354
5 Schumacher 1'32.411
6 Rosberg 1'32.557
7 Hamilton 1'32.724
8 Heidfeld 1'33.098
9 Petrov 1'33.138
10 Sutil 1'33.211
11 Button 1'33.225
12 di Resta 1'33.299
13 Perez 1'34.113
14 Barrichello 1'34.344
15 Alguersuari 1'34.487
16 Kobayashi 1'34.491
17 Maldonado 1'34.996
18 Kovalainen 1'35.753
19 Glock 1'36.940
20 Chandhok 1'37.248
21 d'Ambrosio 1'37.313
22 Liuzzi 1'38.145
23 Ricciardo 1'40.737

The blow diffuser didn't change the world says Red Bull Racing's Vettel.

Vettel: We didn't change the world switching the blown exhaust or the blown diffusers on and off. As I said, the most important thing is that we focus on the racing again.

Karl-Josef Schmidt who is now part of Nurburgring's management is confident that the circuit will stay on the calendar.

Team Lotus driver Kovalainen says if he starts scoring points next season he would not give up his cockpit during practice sessions.

Kovalainen:

"If next year we are driving for points then I think we should do all of the seasons, but right now if you miss a practice it’s not so critical."

Alguersuari says he has more to gain than to lose if Sunday's German GP is a wet race.

Alguersuari: "We have more to gain than to lose if it is (wet). If you can’t activate the DRS system (on a wet track) that benefits us more than the others. But points are possible in the wet or in the dry."

Kovalainen says there is no chance Team Lotus will replace him.

Kovalainen: "It is not an option. There is no such agreement and I will not accept that my car is given to someone else."

Ecclestone has admitted for the first time that he did pay money to banker Gerhard Gribkowsky, but he did it because he was threatened.

Heidfeld will test an experimental Red Bull style rearward facing exhaust on his Renault during practice today.

Schumacher disappointed with Mercedes GP's season so far because they expected more.

Schumacher: "We all expected something different. Going to Australia we were very excited, having had a good winter test. It didn't work out the way but we hope to our improve game."

Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber says they are still free to race despite the Silverstone incident.

Mark Webber. "Christian put his view forward of how the situation built and he came to decision he made, and I put my case forward in how the situation built and we thought that we were both making the right decision, him to make the call for the team's interest and I was in a situation where I was trying to improve my own position."

"We spoke about it, he guaranteed me that it would have been the same situation the other way around if Seb was closing in on me, he would have still shut the race down. It was over pretty quick really. If there is a similar situation, it is not often that you are closing in the last few laps, that was the awkward one I think."

"We are still free to race most of the time - it was an awkward one and it is not often that things like that happen in terms of the time of the race, and up until then we will be racing."

The rule change at Silverstone has not help Ferrari to victory says Alonso

Alonso: "The rule changes, as we said there, didn't change anything, because it's not like in Valencia we were tenth.We finished second in Valencia and first in Silverstone, so I don't think the rule changes were beneficial for anyone in particular."

Massa hopes Ferrari can be on the pace at this weekend's German GP with the small updates they have

Massa: "We did a good job there (Silverstone), being competitive in all situations. Here we have another small update and I hope we can be on the pace of the best again this weekend."

McLaren's Jenson Button is confident his team can beat their main rivals at this weekend's German GP.

Jenson Button: "I think we will be on good form here and we can really challenge the Red Bulls and Ferraris. Qualifying might still be reasonably difficult but I don't know – we have to wait and see. I think our race pace will be very good."

Williams CEO Adam Parr will negotiate a new contract with Barrichello during the German GP weekend.

F1 engines will be limited to 15 000 rpm from 2014 the FIA confirmed.

Hamilton confident his McLaren team can react quickly in mixed weather conditions in Germany this weekend

Hamilton: "The weather can turn in a matter of moments. You can have all the seasons in one afternoon. When that happens, I know I can rely on the team to react quickly and decisively."

Kovalainen hopes for mixed weather conditions at this weekend's German GP.

Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus
“This is our first visit to the Nurburgring as Team Lotus as we were are Hockenheim last year, so I’m looking forward to taking the green and yellow to the new Nurburgring which, while it’s not the same as where we will have been filming, it still has a good mix of elevation changes and high and low speed sections. Finding the right downforce level takes a bit of work as you don’t want to compromise your speed on the straights, particularly from T11 to T13, but you also need to have as much grip as possible through the tight sections, especially into T1 and the chicane at T13 at the end of the lap where there you have the best chances of overtaking other cars. The weather is also usually a pretty big factor at the Nurburgring. It’s almost exactly like Spa in the way it can be hot and sunny one minute and then heavy rain the next, and I personally love racing in those sorts of changeable conditions. Going from a dry track to a wet one on the same lap is the what racing drivers should have to deal with as much as possible, so, while it’s not great for the spectators sitting in the stands, I hope we have exactly that sort of mixed up weather!”

Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes on Trulli

Fernandes: "I want to take this chance to thank Jarno for helping make Karun's opportunity this weekend possible. He has been extremely accommodating in stepping to the side for this race and our commitment to him is unwavering. I am delighted to confirm that we are in the process of negotiating an extension to his contract with us and we are all looking forward to unveiling the details of that very soon.

"He is a key member of our team and I hope that we can give him a car as soon as possible that allows him to utilise his considerable talent to the full. For this weekend he will be on hand to lend his huge experience and support to Karun and I am sure Jarno, Heikki and Karun will do me, the whole team and all our fans very proud indeed."

Team Lotus tech boss Mike Gascoyne's comments about Karun Chandhok replacing Jarno Trulli for the German GP

Mike Gascoyne: "I am delighted that we are able to give Karun a full weekend in the car. He has been a very good addition to our driver line-up and now we are giving him a chance to take the next step in fulfilling his potential.

"Jarno will be stepping aside for him for this race and we will use Karun's feedback over the weekend as a comparison against Jarno's and Heikki's experiences this season with a number of aspects of the car, including the power steering system, to help us keep moving forward in 2011 and beyond.

"I am sure Karun will equip himself very well in this and in his performances in and out of the car all weekend. The whole team is looking forward to helping him get the most out of his time in the cockpit in Germany and it will be good to see him grab this chance and make the most of it."

Team Lotus is negotiating a contract extension with Jarno Trulli team boss Tony Fernandes confirmed.

Ferrari tech boss Pat Fry says it's good to see that the work over the last few months has paid off.

Pat Fry: "There has been a lot of hard work going on for the last three or four months trying to close the gap and it's good to see that work pay off."

Germany a chance for Red Bull Racing to bounce back and win says Mark Webber

Webber: "There are a key couple of Formula 1 races coming up over the next two weekends, starting with the German Grand Prix on Sunday.
It is a chance for us at Red Bull to bounce back after Ferrari and Fernando Alonso came out on top at the British Grand Prix."

Alonso took part in a prizegiving ceremony for the top three finalists in a Ferrari World Design Contest

Alonso: It was very interesting for me to see how much passion these youngsters from all over the world have for their vision of the Ferrari of the future.

Renault lost £40m in 2010

The Lotus Renault GP team has lost £40m in 2010 under the new owners Genii because of a lack of sponsors and the lost of financial support from Renault.

The team’s income fell dramatically last year by 49% from £162.0m to £82.1m. Operating costs were cut by from £148.7m to £122.1m, the team pointing out that “a significant part of this saving related to the change in the team’s driver line-up.”

McLaren's Jenson Button says his teammate Lewis Hamilton is overall stronger than him in qualifying

Button: "I'd say in qualifying Lewis has been stronger since I've been in the team, not always, but through the season he has been stronger."

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has criticized the constantly changing rules in F1

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo

"Unfortunately we have to deal with a carousel of changes to the regulations, which does not help us. Once, the rules were changed after every year, then it was every six months, now they change within a weekend."

Tom Kristensen who is an eight times Le Mans winner will be one of the race stewards at the Nurburgring this weekend.

McLaren was hardest hit by the one-off ban on off throttle diffuser maps and they said they lost 0.8s compared to Ferrari who only lost 0.2s

McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale: “We look forward to the return to the Valencia regulations this weekend. We are not complacent about the progress that Ferrari has made on its car. They have made steady progress over the last few races.”

McLaren wants to retain team boss Martin Whitmarsh and the outfit's 2 current drivers for the long term MD Jonathan Neale said.

Jonathan Neale

I’m afraid it’s just part of the media circus and expectation, caught in the home Grand Prix if you’ve got to deliver and we didn’t, you’ve got to expect a bit of comeback. We want Martin, Lewis and Jenson here for the long term.”

Vettel says many people have misunderstood the relationship he has with Webber

Vettel: Many people have misunderstood the relationship between Mark and myself. Even if we aren’t best friends, we do respect each other.

F1 tyre manufacturer Pirelli says the 2012 tyres will be boxier to improve wear.

Narain Karthikeyan will drive Vitantonio Liuzzi's HRT during Friday's practice sessions for the German GP.

F1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone is still in hot water over alleged bribery.

Kubica set for F1 test before returning to competitive racing team boss Eric Boullier said.

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo confirmed on Tuesday that Ferrari will retain there current driver line up of 2012.

Luca di Montezemolo

"Massa and Alonso always bring something more. Alonso is super, Massa is coming back: I think the drivers are not a problem. This is the time for gossip, but next year's drivers will remain Alonso and Massa."