The latest rumour buzzing around the Suzuka paddock concerns next year's Sauber driver line-up. With Kimi Raikkonen replacing fellow Finn Mika Hakkinen at McLaren it seems that Felipe Massa is favourite to drive for the Swiss team and his appointment will be announced in the next few days.

"Felipe Massa, who he?" we hear you cry. He's yet another talented Brazilian, who has already impressed Peter Sauber in testing. In 2000 Massa won the European Formula Renault series and this year he again took top honours in the Italy-based European Formula 3000 championship.

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A journalist suggested to Jaguar's Eddie Irvine that modern F1 cars were so easy to drive, even a monkey could do the job. "You're quite right," agreed the former Jordan driver before adding, "but the monkeys are not much good at making the right tyre choice."