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F1 design consultancy FondTech has welcomed what it hopes is the end of copyright proceedings with Force India.

The Brabham family have won a three-year battle to protect their name from use by third parties in the EU seeking to exploit the reputation of three-time F1 world champion Sir Jack Brabham and his heirs.

A new legal row has enveloped Austin's Circuit of the Americas just months before it is due to make its F1 debut.

Hispania Racing (HRT) team principal Dr. Colin Kolles accuses Karun Chandhok of failing to fulfil his sponsorship commitments in F1 2010 - leading to the Indian's mid-season dismissal, and potentially now also legal action against him

Having failed to gain a spot on the F1 2010 starting grid, aggrieved former WTCC outfit N.Technology has also now hit a dead end in its court bid against governing body the FIA

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 Renault team has revealed that it is to seek legal redress against the Piquet family amid what it claims are attempts to use suspicions over last year's Singapore Grand Prix as a means to blackmail individuals within the organisation.