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Renault has finally confirmed who will be racing alongside Robert Kubica at the newly-owned Enstone-based outfit in F1 2010 - and in Russian GP2 Series front-runner Vitaly Petrov, they have taken a chance on a man who has never previously driven a grand prix car

Renault is understood to have held discussions with 2007 F1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen regarding a potential switch to the French outfit next year - in a move that could at the same time earn the R?gie a title sponsorship deal with mobile 'phone company Nokia.

In the face of mounting pressure, Sir Jackie Stewart has admitted that he is 'happy to help' the Royal Bank of Scotland - an organisation that, on the day it announced a corporate record ?24 billion loss and one which is now 70 per cent taxpayer-owned, has been heavily criticised for its overblow

It has been announced today that the sponsorship agreement between Williams F1 and the Royal Bank of Scotland is to terminate at the end of the 2010 campaign - leaving the multiple world championship-winning British outfit in search of a new chief backer.

It may have announced earlier this week that it is to end all of its Formula 1 sponsorship deals at the close of the forthcoming 2009 campaign, but ING already seems to have had a change of heart - in part at least.

It may only be for the annual Bavaria City Racing event on the streets of Rotterdam, and because he is Dutch, but Robert Doornbos' appearance behind the wheel of a Renault F1 car can only heap further pressure on Nelson Piquet Jr.