F1 Gossip: Haas set for online launch ahead of testing

- Haas will unveil its new F1 car for the 2018 season online in the days leading up to pre-season testing before a physical launch on the morning of the first day of running in Barcelona (F1Today.net)

- Bernie Ecclestone has continued to have his say on the decision to scrap grid girls from F1, calling them "necessary" and that they "did nothing harmful to anyone" (Sky News)

- Incoming Williams F1 driver Sergey Sirotkin is non-plussed by the decision to get rid of grid girls, saying: "If you're on the grid, you're not thinking of the girls." (SpeedWeek)

- Renault and BP have expanded their partnership for at least another five years, with the deal also including scope for "new opportunities to work globally with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance" (Renault)

- Williams has given its support to the UK government's Year of Engineering campaign (Williams)