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Bernie Ecclestone has told British F1 fans that not even a home champion will be enough to save their grand prix in 2010 should Donington Park fail to meet its obligation to stage the event.

McLaren and Lewis Hamilton have failed to win their appeal against the penalty that stripped them of victory in the rain-soaked Belgian Grand Prix.

Earlier in the season, just when the threat of a split in world motorsport seemed to be receding, up popped Max Mosley and Bernie Ecclestone with dangerous talk of F1 breakaways and rivals to GP2. But if it happens, does it have to end in tears?

McLaren has formally announced its intention to appeal against Lewis Hamilton’s demotion from first to third in the Belgian Grand Prix and has published the statement it has lodged with the FIA.

We’ve all had our eyes on some thrilling racing since the British Grand Prix - but there are still some political developments going on in F1 that are worth keeping in touch with. Here’s our quick guide.

FIA chief Max Mosley has won his court action against the News of the World following the newspaper’s revelation that he took part in sadomasochistic orgies with prostitutes.

The FIA vote which handed McLaren a £50 million fine may not have been conducted in line with the organisation’s own rules, according to a story in today’s Independent.

The decisions made at the FIA’s latest World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris amount to a stack of grenades lobbed in the direction of Bernie Ecclestone and his Formula One Management company.

Just when you thought it was safe to start reading French Grand Prix previews… along comes the formerly tight-lipped Bernie Ecclestone, now positively garrulous on the subject of a split from the FIA.

Rumours of seismic splits within motorsport have gathered pace today. They include the possibility of a manufacturers’ pull-out and a breakaway F1 series - provisionally entitled ‘GP1′, a trademark owned by none other than Bernie Ecclestone.