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Optimism Is A Weakness Says Mclaren.
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has said that his team will not rest on their laurels following the one-two result in Austria, because Ferrari is unlikely to cease development until the championship is over.
Ferrari To Avoid Team Orders Inquiry.
Ferrari is likely to avoid an investigation into the manoeuvre which saw Michael Schumacher pass team-mate Eddie Irvine for third place at the Austrian GP, with McLaren boss Ron Dennis saying that he was unconcerned about the issue.
Mansell Return Denied.
Stories linking 1992 F1 world champion Nigel Mansell to a drive with the Stewart team next season have been strenuously denied by all parties.
Stewards Facing Ban.
The three stewards involved in the controversial end to the British Grand Prix could be banned from officiating at future events as a result of their actions.
Irvine To Re-sign.
Eddie Irvine should confirm that he will stay with Ferrari for a fourth season in the next week.
Magnussen At Benetton
Jan Magnussen, replaced at Stewart by Jos Verstappen, has stepped into the Dutchman's role at Benetton for the rest of the season.
Fia Refuses To Allow Traction Control
The sport's governing body has refused to bow to pressure from the teams and allow the return of traction control devices, despite the belief that some teams are already using them illegally.
Boullion Signs For Bar.
Craig Pollock and the new British American Racing F1 team today (16/7/98) announced that they have signed Jean-Christophe Boullion as their test driver.
Ferrari Revival Prompts Bridgestone Response
The emergence of Michael Schumacher, Ferrari and, more importantly, Goodyear, as a title threat to McLaren has stung Bridgestone into action.
Bar Factory Opens
British American Racing opened its state of the art premises in Brackley on the eve of the British Grand Prix, and reiterated its claim to be on the pace next season.
Villeneuve, Salo In Call To Bar
Jacques Villeneuve and Mika Salo look set to line up for the fledgling BAR team in 1999, with former Sauber pilot Jean-Christophe Bouillion as test driver.
Korea Out Of The Running
A Korean Grand Prix will not appear on the F1 schedule until the next century, the boss of the country's Sepoong Circuit has admitted.
Pollock And Reynard In Name Row
British American Racing principal Craig Pollock and constructor Adrian Reynard have apparently disagreed over the name of their new team.
New Sidepods For Williams, Jordan
Both the Williams and Jordan teams will test revised sidepod designs at the Silverstone test this week, in a bid to revive their flagging seasons.
Germans In Silly Season Rumours
Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Ralf Schumacher have both featured in the latest round of transfer stories, with the latter rumoured to be on his way out of the Jordan team.
Schumacher: I'm Guilt
Michael Schumacher has finally admitted that he was the guilty party in his Canadian GP collision with rival Heinz-Harald Frentzen.
Poor Prost To Prompt Peugeot Pull Out
The current poor season being suffered by the Prost-Peugeot combination could see the French engine manufacturer quitting F1 at the end of the year.
Arrows Signs F3 Team
The Arrows F1 team has agreed a deal with F3 outfit Portman Racing in order to establish a Stewart-esque staircase of talent.
Hakkinen Angry At Second Start
World championship leader Mika Hakkinen is convinced that the French GP should not have been stopped, despite Jos Verstappen's Stewart being stranded on the grid.
Coulthard Set To Quit Gpda
David Coulthard has threatened to quit the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) in his quest for a code of conduct among drivers.
Steering Killed Senna
The judge in the Ayrton Senna trial has revealed that he believes steering failure was the cause of the accident which killed the Brazilian.
Kristensen Tests - For Now
Tom Kristensen will only fulfil a testing role for the Tyrrell team, despite being lined up to replace regular driver Ricardo Rosset.
Radical Calendar For 1999
FIA president Max Mosley has promised the F1 circus a (radically different) calendar for next season.
New Prost Misses French Gp.
The revised Prost AP01 will not appear at its home grand prix after it continued to disappoint in testing.