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Teams Roll Over.
Two of the teams criticised in the row over the strength of their roll hoops have agreed to revise the design to meet FIA requirements.
Salo Speaks Out.
Sauber's new recruit Mika Salo has been holding forth on several subjects in recent days - and not all of them will have found favour with his rivals.
Mclaren Signs .com Partner.
McLaren yesterday announced that it was teaming up with software company SAP in a deal which will benefit both the Formula One outfit and its spin-off F3000 equipe.
Burti Continues Jag Improvements.
Knowing full well that the world of Formula One never stays still for longer than the blink of an eye-lid the Jaguar team, with test driver Luciano Burti, have been busy clocking up the miles at the Lurcy-Levis circuit in France, eager to build on the squad's recent 1-2 performance in testing at
Mugello Record Falls To Schumacher Again!
Michael Schumacher has again lowered the Mugello lap record after another highly successful day of testing in the new Ferrari F1-2000 on Sunday.
Prost "will" Be At Melbourne
Alain Prost has dismissed claims that due to the team's uncompetitive state they will miss the first Grand Prix of the year in Melbourne and continue testing until their reliability problems have been fixed.
Max Mosley : Laying Down The Law.
Fresh from his clampdown on slower drivers who deliberately block those trying to lap them, the President of the FIA, Max Mosley has decreed that Formula One's move to treaded tyres will be with a single tread pattern.
B.a.r Gear Up For Success In 2000.
British American Racing feel that they will come out of the blocks with all cylinders firing at Melbourne in two weeks and are confident that, not only have they banished their dismal 1999 season into history, but that they also have the reliability to score points on a regular basis.
Schumy : On The Pace At Fiorano And Mugello!
If Michael Schumacher keeps a diary then the entry for Saturday February 26th 2000 may read something like this: 'Got to Fiorano in the morning, ran last year's car so I could practice my starts and put in 30 laps just to get the feel of it.
Jerez Day 1 : Frentzen To The Fore.
Jordan's Heinz-Harald Frentzen quickly established himself as the man to beat on the 1st day of testing at Spain's Jerez circuit. The German took his Jordan EJ10 around the 2.751 mile track in a slick 1:23.49, outpacing McLaren's Mika Hakkinen by nearly a second.
Mclaren Look To Jacques For 2001?
Jacques Villeneuve is the latest Formula One driver to have his name linked with another team for the 2001 season, before the 2000 campaign has even started.
Benetton Unveil New Performance Centre.
Benetton's Chief executive Rocco Benetton proudly opened the team's brand new state of the art 'human performance' centre at their Enstone base on Monday.
No Pain No Gain For Big Man Wurz.
Formula One's gentle giant Alex Wurz is set to go through an uncomfortable 2000 season but says the results will be better because of it.
Frentzen Denies Jaguar 'agreement.'
Jordan driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen has vehemently denied speculation linking him with the Jaguar team in 2001.
Williams Announce March Michelin Test.
Michelin have achieved a major coup in their build-up programme prior to their return to Formula One as a tyre supplier in 2001 with an announcment by Williams technical director Patrick Head that the Grove outfit will supply the French tyre giants with the exclusive use of one of last years FW21
Melbourne Dispute Resolved.
The dispute between the builders' unions and the organisers of the Australian Grand Prix which, at one point threatened to cause a possible delay of the Grand Prix itself, has been resolved.
Mugello Test - Day One: 16 February.
Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello finished the first test with the new F1-2000 at Mugello full of confidence for the season ahead.
Telefonica-minardi Deal Still Open.
Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica is keeping its options open over the purchase of Minardi, the team admitted at yesterday's launch.
Arrows' Pace Is For Real.
The Arrows team has moved to deny speculation that it was running underweight at last week's Barcelona test, after rivals were sceptical of the fast times produced by Jos Verstappen and Pedro de la Rosa.
Minardi Retains Alonso Option.
According to the motorsport press, Minardi is keeping tabs on promising Spaniard Fernando Alonso, despite announcing Marc Gene and Gaston Mazzacane as its drivers for 2000.
Kyalami Test - Day Seven: 14 February.
Ricardo Zonta topped the times for a second successive day in South Africa, as the rains returned to frustrate British American Racing and Williams one more time.
Mazzacane For Minardi.
Minardi has completed the year 2000 Formula One line-up by announcing that it has signed Gaston Mazzacane to partner Marc Gene.
Button Faces Licence Test.
British F1 rookie Jenson Button has hit a tiny snag in his attempt to join Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen on the grid in Melbourne, after the FIA insisted he had to pass the required Superlicence test.
Kyalami Test - Day Five: 12 February.
The bad weather finally abated at Kyalami to allow both Williams and British American Racing the chance to put in some decent testing miles on Saturday.