Latest F1 news in brief – 2

FIA vows to improve notification methods
(GMM) The FIA on Sunday promised to improve its method for advising teams of important rule changes.

Ferrari claimed after the Japanese grand prix that it was the only team that did not use extreme wet tyres for the start of the Japanese grand prix because it did not receive an email from the stewards.

The FIA said "all competitors" with the exception of Ferrari received the email at 12:37pm — more than an hour before the race started.

"To avoid any recurrence of today's problem the agreed method of using electronic communications will continue to be used but in future will be backed up by the traditional method of written communication," F1's governing body said in a statement.

It also emerged late on Sunday that Toro Rosso has decided to appeal the stewards ruling that cost Tonio Liuzzi, who was found to have overtaken Adrian Sutil under a yellow flag, a point.

Wurz is father for third time
(GMM) After crashing out of the Japanese grand prix, Alex Wurz's grim mood was boosted by some good news from back home.

His wife Julia, whom Wurz met when she worked as Benetton's press lady some years ago, gave birth on Sunday to their third son.

"Mother and baby are absolutely fine," the 33-year-old Austrian said, revealing that the latest addition to his family is named Oscar.

Wurz will now return to Europe to see his wife and son before flying to Shanghai for the weekend's Chinese grand prix.