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Jules Bianchi will be Force India’s third driver for the forthcoming season.

With few major changes in the technical rules for 2012, could teams have more scope to innovate? John Beamer looks at the season ahead.

In the round-up: Vitantonio Liuzzi says HRT “might be forced to look for a driver that brings money.”

Tony Fernandes says Caterham must score its first points in Formula 1 in 2012.

The first F1 car of 2012 appeared yesterday and it’s not a looker. Will all of this year’s cars share the awkward looks of the Caterham?

Caterham chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne says the team stand to benefit from the ban on exhaust-blown diffusers in 2012.

In the round-up: Pirelli’s Paul Hembery denies claimed the tyre manufacture will enlist Vitaly Petrov as a test driver.

The first pictures of the Caterham CT01 have appeared ahead of its official publication tomorrow.

Pirelli will supply softer tyres in 2012 in a bid to further improve the standard of racing in Formula 1.

In the round-up: Marussia will be absent from the start of F1 testing in Jerez.