Q & A with Hekki Kovalainen After months of speculation, Finish driver Hekki Kovalinen has signed a long term deal with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes formula one team. The 26 year old will replace the Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who left the team after just a year with the Woking based team. Hekki took place in a question and answer session, shortly after been signed as McLarens new driver.

Hekki Joins McLaren in 2008 The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is pleased to confirm that Finn Heikki Kovalainen will team up with Formula 1 World Championship runner-up Lewis Hamilton for the 2008 season. Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa will remain the third driver and an integral part of the team, whilst Gary Paffett will assist Pedro with the testing programme when required.

A safer barrier Its an unavoidable fact of oval racing: there is a wall all around the outside of the track. Its there to protect the fans from the cars, but the price for that protection has often been paid in careers - and sometimes lives - ruined for drivers unfortunate enough to hit the wall at speed.

Tales from the Members Bar 7 - Jon Clarke You know things are not going your way when you sit out a summer tour for a precautionary operation on a groin problem and go through pre-season training for what everybody reckons could be your breakthrough year only to find that the only break you get is to your ankle half-an-hour into the new season. Such can be the painful realities in the life of a professional rugby player.

Charlton v West Brom - Latest team news With no less than nine players out of selection for last weekends visit to the Walkers Stadium, Albion boss Tony Mowbray will be hoping that he can welcome back some of his first team regulars tomorrow for their visit to 3rd placed Charlton Athletic.

Hulkenberg signed as Test Driver he AT&T Williams team today confirmed that the twenty year old driver, Nico Hülkenberg from Emmerich in Germany, has been contracted as the team’s official test driver for the forthcoming 2008 season. Hulkenberg, who tested for the team last week in Jerez, made a positive impression and conducted himself with maturity and as such the Williams team has awarded him with the Test Driver role.

Not long to wait The new owner of the much-contested second Force India race seat will be confimed by the end of this month, Vijay Mallya told the official Formula 1 website. Insisting that the team is not interested in any pay drivers, the Indian billionaire describes the impending decision as difficult. The recent winter tests have seen some very high profile names testing for the team.

Four Keys to Hitting a 460cc Driver If you want to get the most out of your oversized driver - not to mention todays style of golf ball - you might need to be doing a few...