With all the doubts surrounding the two F1 races in Spain, the head of the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona today told Autosport and that not only does he want to keep the race to the end of its 2016 current contract, but he wants to extend it to 2020, if possible.

Meanwhile, Bernie Ecclestone is meeting with French officials today to talk about the possible return of the French Grand Prix at his own Paul Ricard track in the south of France.  There is a possibility of rotating that race with the Belgian Grand Prix.

And to complete this Grand Prix comeback post, the United States Grand Prix in Austin is in the midst of the ticket selling process for that race, scheduled for November this year.

Kimi Raikkonen tested a two year old Lotus - then Renault - this morning in Valencia as preparation for his return to Formula 1, after being away himself for two years.

Although testing is banned until the beginning of February, Raikkonen was able to take advantage of a rule that allows drivers to use F1 cars that are two years old.  Raikkonen drove the 2010 R30 at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo.

It will be intersting to see how the new drivers - Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean - perform this year at Lotus, after they replaced Vitaly Petrov, Nick Heidfeld and Bruno Senna, from last season.

After changing its name to Caterham following the long dispute over the Lotus name, the team that used to be Team Lotus, has also announced that it is moving out of its factory in Norfolk to a site in Leafield, which is closer to the rest of the F1 factory bases in England.

"We propose moving the F1 and GP2 teams to the new site in or around August 2012, giving us ample time to build up the infrastructure required to house all the critical elements of both teams, and propose moving Caterham Cars into a new, bespoke development and production facility on the same site in due course," said Tony Fernandes, the team director.  "We are able to build the new home for Caterham Cars from the ground up on the Leafield site, giving us a permanent home in the perfect location for two of the primary arms of the Caterham Group. We will be consulting with all our team about the proposed move before we make any decisions about exactly which functions will be located to the new site."

Bruno Senna has joined the Williams team, where his uncle Ayrton Senna raced in his last year, in 1994.  It is Bruno's third season in F1, and he appears ecstatic about joining his uncle's old team.

Ayrton died in a racing accident at Williams in 1994 at the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Italy.