Who wrote the song ‘Over the Hills and Far Away’? When did team principal Martin Whitmarsh join McLaren? How many motorcycle world championships has Valentino Rossi won? And when did Finland’s national ice hockey team, Leijonat, win a gold medal?

These are just some of the questions we thought McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen would take in his stride after he agreed to be the latest participant in our personal trivia test, ‘Ask the Expert’…

After a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris on Wednesday, Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, issued the following statement:

All currently competing teams have committed to the FIA Formula One World Championship.There will be no alternative series or championship and the rules for 2010 onwards will be the 2009 regulations as well as further regulations agreed prior to 29 April 2009…