Today’s top news stories from F1 and beyond

Super Aguri may be forced out of Formula One after a potential investor pulled the plug on a multi-million pound deal. The struggling Japanese team (look in the dictionary under “backmarker” and you’ll see a Super Aguri car, probably being lifted from a track), which has been absent from testing in Barcelona this week, could miss next week’s Spanish Grand Prix after owner Aguri Suzuki admitted he will have to “consider the future of the team”. Without Aguri, who will Fernando Alonso have to overtake? [Telegraph]

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Moto GP prodigy Jorge Lorenzo (pictured above, right), who currently co-leads the championship with fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa (also in the picture above), is recovering well after having surgery on his arm. Lorenzo had been suffering from “arm pump”, a common problem amongst bikers. Can you also get that from over-wanking? Grid Crasher is worried now. [Crash]

Toro Rosso’s planned debut of their STR3 car may have to be delayed as a result of Sebastien Bourdais’ big shunt in Barcelona yesterday. Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost summed up Bourdais’ accident by stating: “He simply went too fast.” Nice one Seb. [Planet F1]

Fernando Alonso believes his Renault team have not made enough progress to challenge the top teams in F1, despite several updates being introduced in their dismal, ugly-ass R28 car this week. Oh Nando, get over yourself. [Autosport]

Lewis Hamilton is confident McLaren has “definitely” made encouraging progress with its MP4-23 car in Barcelona testing this week. Maybe. [ITV Sport]