F1 Features

BAR-Honda driver Takuma Sato describes a lap of the Nurburgring - site of this weekend's European Grand Prix...

Drivers: Jarno Trulli (Renault), Jenson Button (BAR), Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) TV unilaterals

Drivers: Jarno Trulli (Renault), Ralf Schumacher (Williams), Jenson Button (BAR) Questions from the floor:

What is Telemetry?

The electronics system on a Formula 1 car can be compared to the human central nervous system, as it controls and monitors almost every function of the car's performance relating to engine, chassis and all the various systems used to control the gearbox, differential and other components.

Jeff Gordon to race Formula One with Williams? If you believe Dave Despain, of SPEED TV 's Wind Tunnel call-in talk show, the idea is under serious consideration.

Michael Schumacher: "Five straight wins, 200 grands prix, 75 wins - so many nice numbers have come together and I am proud of it, but now I am just looking forward to the next race."

Team personnel: John Howett (Toyota), David Pitchforth (Jaguar) Tyre manufacturers: Pierre Dupasquier (Michelin), Hirohide Hamashima (Bridgestone) Q: John, how have you felt about the season so far?

Motor racing is, by its very nature, dangerous. That's the reason some people do it; and why a lot of people don't.

Drivers: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari), Jenson Button (BAR), Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) Questions from the floor: Q: (Andrea Cremonesi - La Gazzetta dello Sport ):

Drivers: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari), Jenson Button (BAR), Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) TV unilaterals Q: An interesting first few laps today. Tell us about them?

Jenson Button: "Obviously, I'm thrilled to achieve pole position - the first for me and the team. This is a fantastic moment in my career and the team's history, and I'm just so pleased for everyone who is now starting to see all their hard work and support pay off."

Drivers: Felipe Massa (Sauber-Petronas) and Jarno Trulli (Renault). Press conference:

Team McLaren-Mercedes #1 driver Kimi Raikkonen describes a lap of Imola - site of this weekend's San Marino Grand Prix... "Accelerating hard along the short pit straight at Imola, you reach 180mph / 289kph in seventh gear as you wind through the scenic Italian countryside.

Michael Schumacher: "It is the dream result at the end of a superb weekend. We looked good on Friday, struggled a bit on Saturday morning and then took the front row and finished one-two. It was a tough race, as we had to manage the brakes and keep an eye on the tyres."

Vitor Meira of Brazil is the latest open-wheel driver to be announced this month in the busy world of open-wheel racing.

Drivers: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari), Juan Pablo Montoya (WilliamsF1-BMW) and Jenson Button (BAR-Honda). TV unilaterals:

1. Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari-Ferrari 1min 24.408secs 2. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1min 24.482secs +0.074secs 3. Juan Montoya Colombia Williams-BMW 1min 24.998secs +0.590secs

When today's F1 championship steps foot on the sands of the Middle East at the end of this month it will be the first forage into a new world that will include China within months and, in the next decade, more new world territories than Schumacher has championships.

Hi folks... I'm back - welcome to my first column of 2004. That can mean only one thing - that the new season is nearly upon us, and I think it is going to be quite exceptional.

by Andy Stobart Just a couple of days before the start to the 2004 Formula One season, Renault driver Jarno Trulli was down the road from Melbourne at Geelong Kart Club enjoying some laps with the circuit to himself in a kart bearing his own name.

Mark Twain once claimed that reports of his demise had been exaggerated, after a premature obituary appeared in the press, and team boss Eddie Jordan was mindful of the quote as he unveiled his latest Formula One contender yesterday.

With the Renault F1 Team having completed the raw carbon monocoque for the R24 (see previous stories), the time has come to make the final transformation and apply the full race livery.

WilliamsF1's FW26 created a stir when it was unveiled at Valencia's Circuit Ricardo Tormo on Monday, but some Formula One insiders believe that its radical-looking front end treatment may not be as big a step forward as the team may want its rivals to believe.