Hamburg - Sebastian Vettel certainly isn't getting carried away by all the hype surrounding him ahead of the 2009 Formula One season.
The 21-year-old German had a stand-out 2008 with Toro Rosso, finishing seventh in the drivers' world championship and becoming the youngest grand prix winner in the sport at the Italian GP in Monza.
Vettel's performances saw Toro Rosso's mother team Red Bull quickly move to sign him up for 2009 and led many commentators to say he is a world champion in the making.
Hamburg - Lewis Hamilton is living the dream. At 24, the youngest champion in Formula One history has the sort of celebrity lifestyle which harks from a now distant era in Formula One.
A popstar girlfriend, millions in his bank account, a villa in Switzerland and - most recently - an MBE from the Queen have all been accrued with success on the track in just two seasons.
Not that Hamilton can be confused with the playboy racing drivers that were once a regular feature of the paddock.
Hamburg - The 2009 Formula One season sees a raft of rule changes with the driver's championship decided by number of race wins, tighter aerodynamic regulations, the return of slick tyres, the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) and the end of in-season testing.
The most comprehensive rule changes in recent years are all part of the sport's attempt to make racing more entertaining while also cutting costs in an effort to ride out the global economic crisis.
Hamburg - It has probably never been more difficult to predict the outcome of a Formula One season as this year.
A question mark hangs over world champion Lewis Hamilton and the McLaren-Mercedes team who have struggled in testing, while newcomers Brawn GP - successor to Honda - are suddenly seen as a serious threat.
The 2009 season looks like being a real pointer to where Formula One is heading from both a sporting and economic perspective.
Hamburg - German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen and Olympique Marseille on Wednesday became the first clubs through to the quarter- finals of the UEFA Cup after both drawing their away games 2-2.
Werder Bremen held French side St Etienne 2-2 in their second leg match of the last 16 to advance 3-2 on aggregate.
There was better news for French football though as Marseille came from behind to snatch a dramatic extra time 2-2 draw at Ajax Amsterdam for a 4-3 aggregate victory.
Hamburg - Ukraine heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko is looking for a new opponent after doubts have emerged over a planned fight in June with Britain's David Haye, Germany's Bild newspaper reported Wednesday.
Bild quoted Klitschko's manager Bernd Boente as saying the two sides had been close to a fight deal "but then there were increasingly more demands" from Haye's management.
Hamburg - Lewis Hamilton is living the dream. At 24, the youngest champion in Formula One history has the sort of celebrity lifestyle which harks from a now distant era in Formula One.
Hamburg - The 2009 Formula One season sees a raft of rule changes with the driver's championship decided by number of race wins, tighter aerodynamic regulations, the return of slick tyres, the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) and the end of in-season testing.
Hamburg - It has probably never been more difficult to predict the outcome of a Formula One season as this year.
Hamburg - German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen and Olympique Marseille on Wednesday became the first clubs through to the quarter- finals of the UEFA Cup after both drawing their away games 2-2.
Hamburg - Ukraine heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko is looking for a new opponent after doubts have emerged over a planned fight in June with Britain's David Haye, Germany's Bild newspaper reported Wednesday.
