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Schumacher escapes Monza test crash.
World champion Michael Schumacher was shaken but unhurt after crashing out of the Monza group test following a suspected tyre failure on his Ferrari.
Insurance clause kept Ralf from racing [updated].
While it was logical to assume that a lack of 'match fitness' has prevented Ralf Schumacher from returning to the cockpit of his Williams-BMW this week, it would appear that this may not have been the case.

Monza test - day one: 1 September.
Ferrari team leader Michael Schumacher set the pace today [Wednesday] at Monza in Italy, as testing resumed following the summer ban.

Williams confirm Ralf to miss Italian GP.
BMW Williams has confirmed that Ralf Schumacher will not take part in testing this week at Monza as the F1 summer testing ban is lifted tomorrow [Wednesday]. As a result he will also miss the Italian Grand Prix on 12 September.
Minardi impress, but always in the wrong place.
The Minardis may have been quicker than is normally the case but both Gianmaria Bruni and Zsolt Baumgartner somehow managed to get themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time in an incident-filled Belgian Grand Prix.
Brit GP intruder ruins Olympic marathon.
The leader of the Olympic men's marathon was bundled to the ground by the very same invader who disrupted last season's British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Button relieved to have escaped injury.
Jenson Button has admitted that he was lucky to have avoided a bigger accident when a tyre blew on his BAR-Honda at close to 200mph during the Belgian Grand Prix.

Webber: It's been an unusual day.
Spa-Francorchamps lived up to its reputation of delivering temperamental weather as heavy rain plagued qualifying for the Belgium Grand Prix.

Montoya: There was no grip at all!
The rain hit Spa at just the wrong time for the BMW Williams team during qualifying for the Belgium Grand Prix, leaving Juan Pablo Montoya and Antonia Pizzonia with work to do when the race gets underway tomorrow.

Bernoldi to test for BAR.
Enrique Bernoldi will be back at the wheel of a Formula One car next month when he takes part in the first of two tests for the Lucky Strike BAR Honda team.
Q&A: Ricardo Zonta.
Although there were doubts about the future of Cristiano da Matta in Formula One, it was still something of a suprise when the Toyota team announced that the Brazilian would be replaced by his countryman Ricardo Zonta.

Zonta: Transition to race driver was quite smooth.
Ricardo Zonta didn't expect to be racing in Formula One this season, but is determined to take his chance after Toyota decided to promote him to race driver at the expense of fellow Brazilian Cristiano Da Matta.
Q&A: Olivier Panis.
Olivier Panis returned to action at the Hungarian Grand Prix hoping that three week's extra time spent working on the new Toyota TF104B would present him with a good chance of points.
Pizzonia confirmed for Spa.
Williams-BMW substitute Antonio Pizzonia has been officially confirmed as stand-in for the injured Ralf Schumacher at next weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.

Q&A: Hisao Suganuma (Bridgestone).
Technical Manager of Bridgestone Motorsport Hisao Suganuma gives his review on the season so far, a season that has seen Michael Schumacher win all but one of the races on Bridgestone tyres. Q: Twelve wins from thirteen races - you must be delighted with the results so far?
BMW plays down Button rift rumours.
BMW Motorsport director Mario Theissen has dismissed claims that there are any differences of opinion between the German concern and WilliamsF1 over the move by Jenson Button to the team.

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Hungary played host to the 13th round of the FIA Formula One World Championship at the weekend, and Ferrari finished 1-2, clinching their sixth consecutive constructors' title.

Not the debut I had planned, admits Zonta.
Toyota 'new boy' Ricardo Zonta has expressed his disappointment following his race debut for the team at the Hungarian Grand Prix, the Brazilian forced out around half distance after his TF104B lost all power.

Montezemolo dedicates Scuderia success to Italy.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has paid tribute to Jean Todt, Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello et al, following their 1-2 finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday [Sunday], which sowed up the Constructors' championship, their sixth in succession.
Rider puts best foot forward with Senna sandals.
Another unique tribute to one of racing's greatest names will be on the market in the coming weeks, as the 'Ayrton Senna No Limits Sandal' is launched by Rider as part of the Ayrton Senna No Limits Year project.
Firman competes in Nelson Mandela GP event.
Ralph Firman returned to the wheel of a Formula One car for the first time since the end of 2003, when he drove a two seater Minardi in the F1x2 Grand Prix event held in Kyalami, South Africa in aid of Nelson Mandela's Children's Fund.

Coulthard eyes up BAR for 2005.
David Coulthard has admitted that he is targeting BAR-Honda for a drive in 2005, when he will be dumped by McLaren-Mercedes, who are replacing the Scot with Juan Pablo Montoya.
Toyota encouraged with Friday performance.
A much-changed Toyota squad arrived in Hungary, but its revamped three-man line-up gave a good account of itself as the new TF104B finally showed the fruits of Mike Gascoyne and the team's labour.

Briscoe hungry to follow in grandpa's tyre tracks.
As Australia's Olympians go through final preparations in the quest for gold in Athens, another young Aussie is set to make his debut tomorrow on one of the world's other big sporting stages - in Formula One, in Budapest, where his grandfather raced 78 years ago.