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Amidst all the media hype surrounding the rising from the ashes of what was Honda of Brawn GP, little is still known about the fate of Nick Fry - the man who for much of the sale process was believed to be at the forefront of the management buy-out.

Ferrari Formula 1 star Felipe Massa has suggested that shortening the length of grands prix is the key to regaining the excitement factor in the top flight - as Renault F1 managing Flavio Briatore director re-iterated the importance of keeping fans interested.

The controversial, new-for-2009 in-season ban on Formula 1 testing could already be set to change, it has been suggested, as teams continue to struggle to get to grips with the rule changes and develop the complicated KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems) technology.

It has been reported that as many as seven Formula 1 teams could begin and even complete the 2009 campaign without the new KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems) technology.

Formula 1 could be set for yet another overhaul of its qualifying format next season, with a new version of the current 'knock-out' system due to be evaluated at the next meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC).

The ten Formula 1 teams are rumoured to be seeking new meetings with the sport's commercial rights-holders after it emerged that a vast proposition of income is being used to service interest payments on debts.

Norbert Haug has stressed that the survival of independent teams in Formula 1 is vital to the future livelihood of the sport, describing such concerns as Williams and Force India as 'the heart of Formula 1, not just cannon fodder'.