In Brief, October 2010

• Ferrari will face the music in Paris on September 8 when the World Motor Sport Council convenes to consider the Hockenheim team orders controversy. The meeting takes place just three days before practice for the Italian GP.

• Malaysian Nabil Jeffri is set to become the youngest driver to run in a contemporary F1 car when he conducts a straightline test for Lotus on September 3. Jeffri, who does not turn 17 until October, is competing in the Formula BMW Pacific series.

• Adrian Newey was sent to hospital after a crash in the Ginetta G50 Cup race at Snetterton on August 8. The Red Bull technical guru (above), who was T-boned after being nudged into a spin, was released that evening.

• Nick Heidfeld has taken up a new role as test driver for F1’s 2011 tyre supplier, Pirelli. The German was released from his Mercedes GP reserve driver contract in August in order to meet team demands for Pirelli to use an independent driver. He began testing tyres fitted to a 2009 Toyota F1 car at Mugello.

• Virgin Racing test driver Andy Soucek has severed his ties with the team, having not driven a lap in the car. The Spaniard had been hoping to drive on the Fridays of Grand Prix meetings, although his contract with the team did not guarantee such an arrangement.

• Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg both made good use of F1’s August summer break by taking part in triathlons. Button shrugged off a bout of tonsillitis to complete the London event, while Rosberg was in action in Kitzbuhel, Austria a week later.

• The Bahrain organisers will revert to the standard track layout for next year’s Grand Prix, having used the longer version originally designed for the 24-hour GT race for this year’s season-opener.