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27-Aug: Alex Yoong
will replace
Tarso Marques at Minardi from the Italian Grand Prix after the FIA
granted him a Formula 1 Superlicense. Yoong took part in 3 tests for the
Minardi team in July and August. The young Malaysian will become the first
Malaysian to race in Formula 1. 25-Aug: Luca Badoer concluded Ferrari's testing at Fiorano in preparation for the Belgian Grand Prix. Badoer concentrated on electronics and practice starts. The team also tested under artificial wet conditions. Badoer completed 107 laps (61 in the wet) with a best time of 1:01.439. Badoer practiced 12 starts. Weather conditions were sunny and dry. Click here for the timed results from Fiorano 25-Aug: Ken Tyrell, founder of the Tyrell Racing Team in 1970 has died after an illness. A spokesman for the family said that Tyrell died in the early hours of Saturday at his home in Surrey.
Ken Tyrell formed the Tyrell Racing Team in 1970 and won the
Constructors' Championship in 1971 with Jackie Stewart and Francois Cevert
driving for the team. Tyrell came second in the Constructor's Championship
in '72 and '73 with Jackie Stewart winning another Drivers' Championship
in '73. Stewart retired that year and the team never returned to the early
success they achieved. The last win the team had was with Michele Alboreto
at the 1983 US GP in Detroit. Jackie Stewart paid tribute to Ken Tyrell and said "Ken was the most important person in my life outside my family. He was so much more than the team owner and team manager. Ken was like a father. Ken Tyrrell did not just take an interest in his drivers, he really cared in the deepest sense about everyone who worked with him. We didn't have a contract after our first year because, quite simply, we didn't need one. In his time, Ken was simply the best." May he rest in peace. 24-Aug: Formula 1 Testing at both Mugello and Barcelona came to an end today while Luca Badoer continued testing for Ferrari at Fiorano. At Mugello, Olivier Panis set the fastest time of the day ahead of Takuma Sato and Alex Yoong. 2 teams were present today with 3 drivers setting lap times. Olivier Panis covered the most number of laps with 99 followed by Takuma Sato with 75 and Alex Yoong with 40. There were no major incidents during the session although Alex Yoong had a gearbox problem limiting his running. Despite that he set an impressive time. Weather conditions were sunny and hot. Click here for the timed results from Mugello At Barcelona, Marc Gene set the fastest time time of the day ahead of Jenson Button and Mark Webber. 2 teams were present with 3 drivers setting lap times with Marc Gene covering the most number of laps with 94. The track was flooded and both Williams and Benetton tested full wet and intermediates. The Benetton team concluded their testing by lunch time while Williams continued testing for the rest of the day in the dry. Mark Webber had his testing cut short after suffering an engine failure. Weather conditions were sunny and dry. Click here for the timed results from Barcelona At Fiorano, Luca Badoer continued the programme he started yesterday for Ferrari concentrating of electronics testing and practice starts. He covered 34 laps with a best time of 1:04.305. He also did 14 starts. Badoer will continue testing tomorrow. Weather conditions were sunny and dry. Click here for the timed results from Fiorano 24-Aug: Jaguar Racing have issued a
statement confirming earlier reports that Niki Lauda has replaced Bobby
Rahal as the Team Principal of Jaguar Racing. The statement read "Following
a meeting in London on Thursday 23 August, it was mutually agreed that in
the best interests of Jaguar Racing, the management of the team should
change. With immediate effect, Niki Lauda, Chief Executive Officer of the
Premier Performance Division will assume the position of Team Principal
and will take over all of Bobby Rahal's responsibilities at Jaguar Racing
for the immediate future. Rahal will return to his business interests in
the US and will maintain all his other automotive and motor racing
business relationships with Premier Automotive Group and Ford Motor
Company in the US." 24-Aug: Reports indicate that Wolfgang
Reitzle, the President of Ford's Premier Automotive Group and Niki
Lauda, the Chairman of the Premier Performance Division have made a
decision to dismiss Bobby Rahal, the CEO of Jaguar Racing.
This move (if correct) follows the investigation launched by Niki Lauda
into claims that Bobby Rahal had offered Eddie Irvine to drive for the
Jordan team replacing Heinz Harald Frentzen (story).
Rahal maintains that his comments to Eddie Jordan were a joke although
Irvine's manager did indicate that an offer was made. Niki Lauda called
off the deal as soon as he learned about it. 23-Aug: Formula 1 testing continued today at Mugello and Barcelona. Testing at Silverstone ended yesterday. At Mugello, Michael Schumacher set the fastest time of the day ahead of Jarno Trulli and Jean Alesi. 5 teams were present today with 8 drivers setting lap times. Jarno Trulli covered the most number of laps with 103 followed by Michael Schumacher with 87 and Kimi Raikkonen with 72. Unlike the previous 2 days, there were several red flag incidents during the day and just before 5 PM, Michael Schumacher suffered a rear-wing failure on his car and crashed. Michael was fine but the session was ended early. Before that, the session was stopped twice as a result of spins from Olivier Panis and Jacques Villeneuve. Kimi Raikkonen also spun as a result of brake problems. Alex Yoong was present for Minardi working on completing a race distance in order to qualify for his super-license. Weather conditions were hot but cloudy with a brief shower. Click here for the timed results from Mugello Ferrari have cancelled their testing for tomorrow as a result of the crash while Sauber concluded their 3-day test session. BAR, Jordan and Minardi are expected to conclude their test tomorrow. At Barcelona, Jenson Button set the fastest time of the day ahead of Marc Gene and Mark Webber. 2 teams were present with 3 drivers setting lap times with Marc Gene covering the most number of laps with 46. Weather conditions were sunny and dry. Click here for the timed results from Barcelona Testing concludes tomorrow with wet weather testing scheduled. Williams continued their straight line speed testing at Lurcy-Levis with test driver Ricardo Sperafico at the wheel. 23-Aug: Following the
announcement that Giancarlo Fisichella has signed a 3 year deal with
Jordan, Benetton Renault have announced the signing of Jarno
Trulli as official driver for 2002. Managing Director of Benetton
Flavio Briatore said "I am delighted that Jarno will be driving for
us next year. We all know how motivated and competitive he is and I'm sure
he will be a major asset for the team. Jarno hasn't been able to show his
full potential until now, but I believe that our ambitious programme for
the future will give a great boost to his career." Jarno Trulli was very happy with the move and said "I feel very happy and honoured that a big team with a winning history and an innovative technical programme has chosen to invest in me. With Renault, I know I will be rapidly able to compete amongst the best and I sincerely hope to contribute to their ultimate success." Click here for the latest on the 2002 Line-up 22-Aug: Giancarlo Fisichella moves
back to Jordan after driving for Benetton for the last 4 years. Fisichella
had indicated last week that he was confident that he would be driving for
Renault next year despite the fact that Benetton (Renault) didn't exercise
their option they had on him. Giancarlo Fisichella said "I am very happy indeed to be coming back to the team where I enjoyed so much success and happy times in 1997. I look forward very much to joining my old friends there and to working with Eddie Jordan and his team towards future success." It is now expected that Jarno Trulli will take Fisichella's place at Benetton after Benetton exercised an option on him. Benetton's boss Flavio Briatore has a long term contract with Trulli and even though Jordan did offer Trulli a contract to drive for them next season, it was up to Briatore to decide. Click here for the latest on the 2002 Line-up 22-Aug: The Formula 1 teams continued testing at the different venues in preparation for the Belgian Grand Prix. At Silverstone, Mika Hakkinen was again the fastest man on the track and set a time that was the fastest this year and closing in on the fastest times set during the '97 season. Eddie Irvine was second 0.75 seconds behind an Alexander Wurz third fastest. 3 teams were present and 7 drivers set timed laps with Eddie Irvine again covering the most number of laps with 62 followed by Mika Hakkinen with 56 and Alexander Wurz with 49. There were no major incidents during the session however Jos Verstappen had an off in the afternoon. Weather conditions were overcast but dry with drizzle at times. Click here for the timed results from Silverstone Testing ends at Silverstone. At Mugello, Rubens Barrichello was again the fastest man on the track ahead of Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer and Nick Heidfeld. 5 teams were present today with BAR and Minardi joining the action. 8 drivers set timed laps. Nick Heidfeld covered the most number of laps with 88 followed by Luca Badoer with 83 and Jacques Villeneuve with 79. There were no major incidents during the session however Takuma Sato had his running cut short as the hydraulic power steering he was testing failed. Weather conditions were sunny and dry but with strong winds at times. Click here for the timed results from Mugello Testing continues tomorrow with Michael Schumacher taking over from Rubens Barrichello. BAR are also conducting straight line tests at Vairano with Anthony
Davidson. At Barcelona, Ralf Schumacher was again the fastest man on the track ahead of Jenson Button and Mark Webber. 2 teams were present with 3 drivers setting lap times with Ralf Schumacher covering the most number of laps with 84. Weather conditions were sunny and dry. Click here for the timed results from Barcelona Testing continues tomorrow with Marc Gene taking over from Ralf Schumacher. Williams continued their straight line speed testing at Lurcy-Levis with test driver Ricardo Sperafico at the wheel. 22-Aug: The 'Thunder in Park' day at Donington Park had more excitement than anyone expected. The highlight of the programme was the first ever Formula 1 2-seater race with 5 cars competing over a 12 lap race distance. Paul Stoddart, Nigel Mansell, Fernando Alonso, Alex Yoong and Tarso Marques were the drivers while the passengers were singer Kelis, businessman Jonathan Frost , ITV's Louise Goodman, the Daily Mirror's Des Kelly and Boyzone's Shane Lynch. On Lap 11 of the race, Nigel Mansell hit the back of Fernando Alonso's car losing the front wing and launching the car off the ground before crashing down. The race was stopped and the results were according to the positions held on the previous lap. Paul Stoddart with Kelis won the race with Nigel Mansell with Jonathan Frost second, Fernando Alonso with Louise Goodman third and Alex Yoong with Des Kelly fourth. Tarso Marques with Shane Lynch retired on lap 5. Nigel Mansell commented on the event by saying "One thing's for sure, you saw a real motor race. I don't know what happened. It appeared as if Fernando slowed down in front of me coming out of the final corner, I hesitated, and I had no time to move out of the way and I just hit the back of the car. Thankfully, and the main thing is, Jonathan and everybody else is fine. It's just one of those hiccups in motor racing. I'm just disappointed for Minardi and Paul because everybody has done such a great job during what has been a terrific day. But we have proved the cars are sensational in terms of strength - although not in the best way." Paul Stoddart added "From where I was sitting, it looked like a fantastic race, but we just never dreamed anything like this would happen. Happily, no one was hurt and what happened does emphasize just how strong the cars are. The aim of Thunder in the Park was to bring Formula One to the people, and I certainly think we accomplished that. We really enjoyed entertaining everybody today, although we hadn't envisaged doing it in quite the way we did!" Jonathon Frost who paid $55,000 for the ride at an auction at the Grand Prix Ball for the Monaco Grand Prix not only experienced a Formula 1 ride but also a Formula 1 crash!. 21-Aug: The Formula 1 teams have returned to testing in preparation for the Belgian Grand Prix on the 2nd of September. A number of teams are testing new components for the 2002 cars. At Silverstone, Mika Hakkinen topped the timesheets ahead of McLaren' test driver Alexander Wurz and Eddie Irvine. 3 teams were present and 7 drivers set timed laps with Eddie Irvine covering the most number of laps with 81 followed by Enrique Bernoldi with 72 and Alexander Wurz with 61. Mika Hakkinen covered the least number of laps with 21. Weather conditions were dry but windy. Click here for the timed results from Silverstone At Mugello, Rubens Barrichello set the fastest time ahead of Nick Heidfeld and Luca Badoer. 3 teams were present and 4 drivers set timed laps. Rubens Barrichello covered the most number of laps with 68 followed by Nick Heidfeld with 54 and Jean Alesi with 39. Weather conditions were sunny in the morning with clouds then rain late in the afternoon. Click here for the timed results from Mugello BAR are expected to join the testing session tomorrow. At Barcelona, Ralf Schumacher was fastest ahead of Jenson Button and Mark Webber. 2 teams were present with 3 drivers setting lap times with Ralf Schumacher covering the most number of laps with 62. Weather conditions were sunny and dry. Click here for the timed results from Barcelona Williams are also conducting straight line speeds at Lurcy-Levis with test driver Ricardo Sperafico at the wheel. Testing continues at three 3 venues tomorrow. 21-Aug: David Coulthard
has
indicated that while McLaren lacked the consistency that Ferrari had this
season and they have to make sure that they have at least an equal car
next year and said "McLaren are a great team, but I think we all
recognise we haven't performed as well as Ferrari this year. That doesn't
mean we should beat ourselves up over it - it's just the natural cycle of
Formula One. It doesn't come down to one individual failing, it's all of
us. McLaren have yet to announce their driver line-up for 2002 but it appears that David is confident that he'll be there next year and said "Yeah, I feel pretty confident about that. We just have to wait because the team have options, but from my own point of view I haven't been too concerned because I believe I represent the best option McLaren have." David also indicated that his highlight of the year was qualifying on Pole at Monaco and said "At certain moments this season we've had a car which we've been able to extract a lot out of, like in Monaco in qualifying which was the highlight of my year, even more so than my two wins." Reports from the Jaguar team indicate that Niki Lauda the head
of the Premier Performance Division is furious with Jaguar boss Bobby
Rahal over and attempt made by Rahal to offer Eddie Irvine to the Jordan
team replacing Heinz Harald Frentzen. Lauda put a stop to it immediately. 20-Aug: Your thoughts on Michael Schumacher and Ferrari winning both Titles - Have Your Say 20-Aug: Luca Montezemolo has
praised the Ferrari team after clinching both the Drivers' and
Constructors' Titles following their 1-2 finish at the Hungarian Grand
Prix on Sunday. He said "Taking the Constructors' World Championship
for the third consecutive time and the Drivers' for the second is cause
for enormous satisfaction, especially against opponents representing the
best in automotive technology. To win in life and sport is difficult but
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