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There look set to be grave repercussions following a 'misunderstanding' that has led to an embarrassing breakdown in political relations between Bulgaria and Abu Dhabi over the mooted construction of an F1 circuit

New Ferrari recruit Fernando Alonso has defended his somewhat besmirched reputation in the wake of his implication in two damaging and high-profile F1 scandals over the last three years - insisting that in both instances, he was simply in the 'wrong place at the wrong time'

As the dust begins to settle from yesterday's bombshell that Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds have left their posts as respectively managing director and executive director of engineering at Renault F1 over the 'Singapore-gate' scandal, it is being debated whether the pair could now face criminal

The High Court case over what the News of the World termed Max Mosley's 'sick Nazi orgy with 5 hookers' has taken a new twist, after the newspaper was forced to drop its 'Nazi' allegations and deny suggestions of blackmail.