Red Bull Racing announced today that Sébastien Buemi and António Félix da Costa will make up the team’s test and reserve driver line-up in 2014.

For Sébastien, 2014 will represent a third consecutive year in the role of Test and Reserve Driver at the team. The Swiss racer first filled the role in 2008 before graduating to an F1 race seat with Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2009. In his 55 grands prix with our sister team he scored 29 championship points and completed over 13,000km across more than 2,600 laps of racing.

Sahara Force India announced today that Nico Hulkenberg will return to Sahara Force India in 2014 after agreeing a multi-year deal.

The 26-year-old German is no stranger to Sahara Force India having spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons with the team. The already strong working relationship will ensure a smooth transition as the team moves into the new era of Formula One.

Force India’s full 2014 driver line-up will be announced in due course.

Toyota Racing is pleased to announce the signing of Mike Conway as test and reserve driver for the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Mike, 30, will support the work of existing drivers Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre, Kazuki Nakajima, Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi and Stéphane Sarrazin, all of whom are confirmed as race drivers for next season.

His role in 2014 will see him contributing to the development programme of the team’s new LMP1 car, with tests due to begin in January.

TOYOTA Racing ended its first full FIA World Endurance Championship season with victory in the Six Hours of Bahrain.

The #8 TS030 HYBRID of Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi and Stéphane Sarrazin secured their first win of the eight-race season after a commanding performance at the Bahrain International Circuit.

However, there was disappointment for the #7 car of Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima. Having led for the first hour, Alex was running second when an engine problem, caused by an oil leak, prematurely ended his race.

Lotus F1 Team is pleased to announce that Venezuelan driver Pastor Maldonado [28] will join the Enstone squad alongside Frenchman Romain Grosjean [27] for the 2014 Formula 1 season.

Pastor – a veteran of 58 Grand Prix starts, including pole position and victory at the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix – has driven for Williams F1 Team since entering the sport at the start of the 2011 season.

Romain has raced for Lotus F1 Team since the start of the 2012 season, having previously driven for the Enstone outfit in its former guise of Renault F1 Team during the final seven races of the 2009 season, in addition to serving as third driver for the team in 2011.

The countdown for the grand finale of the county’s biggest motor racing event to be held at the Buddh International Circuit has begun in right earnest. The stage is set for the ultimate showdown in the 16th JK Tyre Racing Championship as the race for crowing of champions enters the home stretch. There is a perceptible buzz of excitement in the air as championship contenders get ready to battle it out for one last time on the 5.14km Formula One track in Greater Noida from November 30-December 1.

The highlight of the year has been the introduction of the JK Racing India Series using the cars that formed the grid in the erstwhile Formula BMW Championship. The FIA specced cars, built on Mygale chassis and powered by BMW 1.2 litre engines, have emerged as the preferred platform for launching young talent from India into higher formulas of single-seater racing in Europe.