By now, everyone has heard that Honda is coming back to Formula 1 as an engine supplier. Turbo V6 engines will be the regulated standard for the premier motorsports starting in 2014, and Honda will reenter the sport in 2015 once they've spent a great deal of time engineering the new motor.

As of yesterday, Codemasters' browser-based F1-themed game - F1 Online: The Game - has closed.

A few years ago I was a regular on a popular internet forum. To protect my dignity, I won't say which. There were heated discussions of most sports, from ice hockey to association football. But there wasn't a single mention of my favourite sport, in my view the pinnacle of human competition: Formula 1.

Our favorite livery won with our favorite driver behind the wheel in Melbourne. Also, Hamilton did well with his new ride, Red Bull was not faster than the others, while McLaren has a lot to improve in the next two weeks. Wasn't bad for a season starter, was it?

Well, it was fun while it lasted. As we have known for some time, the motorsports-only SPEED network is on the way out so parent company Fox can replace it with a general sports network that they hope will compete with ESPN. Now we know that network's name: Fox Sports 1.

How far gone are we from the days when talent was the best way to get into F1? So far that when GP2 driver and F1 hopeful Luiz Razia was fired from Marussia F1 yesterday, there was no question of how often he damaged the car in testing, how fast he was or how good he was at conserving tires. Instead, it was entirely…

According to Chief Designer Mike Coughlan, the FW35 got a new gearbox, rear suspension, nose, exhaust and floor design compared to last year's model, while it is also significantly lighter than the FW34 was. That should keep Maldonado happy.

Cold winter months usually conjure up thoughts of snow, log fires crackling and putting up your feet... Not in Formula One, where teams are hard at work developing the cars to shave hundredths of a second from their lap time in order to battle for next year's title.

As far as I can tell, the Sahara Force India team is only in F1 to show the world what a superpower India has become. Sure, all Formula 1 cars are full of sponsor logos and product placement, but beyond a few foreign (mostly British) supporters, the main aspects of the car remain very Indian. And this Asian country…

Sauber's plan for 2013 was pretty simple when it come to the question of the C32: They wanted to give good old evolution a go in order to make the new car score more than last season, when the team racked up four podium finishes and the sixth place in the championship.