News By Topic: Formula One Racing

British GP free practice - BMW WilliamsF1 Team

Jul 14, 2001

British Grand Prix - FREE PRACTICE 13th July 2001 Weather: Rain for the final ten minutes. Air temperature 17°C average. Track temperature 19°C average. It was a trouble-free start to the British Grand Prix weekend for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team with Ralf Schumacher 8th and Juan Pablo Montoya 17th. Ralf Schumacher Posit ... Continue reading

British Grand Prix - Free Practice

Jul 14, 2001

FIFTH FOR FRENTZEN IN FREE PRACTICE Jordan Honda driver goes fastest of Honda-powered foursome Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda) finished fifth fastest to head the Honda quartet in today’s free practice session for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. His Jordan Honda team-mate Jarno Trulli ... Continue reading

TACH FORMULA ONE REPORT: Hakkinen To Stay With McLaren

Jul 13, 2001

By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 13, 2001 The rumors of Mika Hakkinen's retirement from the world of Formula 1 were a bit premature. Since the beginning of the season the speculation of his retirement had become an almost weekly drumbeat. Stoking the fires of the rampant retiremen ... Continue reading

FORMULA ONE: M. Schumacher zeroes in on Prost's record at Silverstone

Jul 13, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 13, 2001 SILVERSTONE, Great Britain - Fifty years after Frolian Gonzalez won the first-ever Grand Prix for the Ferrari Formula One team when he drove to victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Michael Schumacher has a chance to add to the marq ... Continue reading

FORMULA ONE: British three-peat would help Coulthard's title chances

Jul 12, 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 12, 2001 SILVERSTONE, Great Britain - David Coulthard hopes that recent history will repeat itself July 15 at the British Grand Prix. Coulthard won the British Grand Prix in 1999 and 2000, and a win in this year's event in his West McLaren-Mercedes woul ... Continue reading

FORMULA ONE: Silly Season Starts In F1

Jul 11, 2001

Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 Silly season. That time of the year that fans, pundits and other followers of the world-wide circus known as the Formula One World Championship for Makes begin the annual speculation game of who is going where next year has started ... Continue reading

FORMULA ONE: Schumacher Looking To Make History At Silverstone

Jul 11, 2001

Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 For Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher this weekend at Silverstone could be a historic one. With a victory the German ace will tie Alain Prost for the top spot of fifty-one career victories in Grand Prix racing which is an incredible ... Continue reading

British GP preview - BMW WilliamsF1 Team

Jul 6, 2001

British Grand Prix -13/14/15-07-01- PREVIEW The British Grand Prix at Silverstone is the second home race for the Anglo-German BMW WilliamsF1 Team and one that holds great memories for Frank Williams and his Grove-based team. It was here in 1979 that WilliamsF1 had its first win with Clay Regazzoni driving the FW07. Si ... Continue reading

Technology In F1 - Just Because You Can Doesn't Always Mean You Should....

Jul 5, 2001

Commentary by Rick Carlton - Allrace Magazine This F1 season marked the end of an eight year cold war between the FIA and the forces of technology. In that context, the event may have also tolled the beginning of the end of a sport known for its critical balance between man and machine. I refer of course to the Spanish ... Continue reading

Matsushita Named Title Sponsor of Toyota's F1 Team

Jul 3, 2001

Matsushita Named Title Sponsor of Toyota's F1 Team Tokyo, July 3, (Japan.Corp.Net) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Matsushita) and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that, together with Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG), they have signed a formal agreement entitling Matsushita to serve as the title s ... Continue reading

ROSSI SECOND IN SHORTENED DUTCH GP

Jul 2, 2001

2001 FIM Grand Prix Schedule, Round 7: Assen, Netherlands, June 30, 2001 HONDA RACING PRESS INFORMATION Honda World Championship leader Valentino Rossi (Nastro Azzurro Honda NSR500) had to be happy with a close-run second place in today's shortened Dutch GP. The Italian hero was enjoying a superb battle with Italian ri ... Continue reading

French GP race - BMW WilliamsF1 Team

Jul 2, 2001

French Grand Prix - RACE 1st July 2001 Weather: Air temperature 28°C average.Track temperature 46°C average. Ralf Schumacher finished the French Grand Prix in second space and took third in the Drivers' World Championship. Juan Pablo Montoya retired 20 laps before the end with a technical problem but looked likely to ... Continue reading

French GP - Race report

Jul 2, 2001

TRULLI SCOOPS MORE POINTS Jordan Honda driver back to points-scoring form Jarno Trulli collected two more points for Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda today as he finished fifth in the French Grand Prix. The two other Honda-powered finishers, Jordan Honda's Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Lucky Strike BAR Honda's Olivier Panis, ... Continue reading

FORMULA ONE: Villeneuve rides high in French heat

Jun 30, 2001

June 30, 2001 A productive first day of free practice at Magny Cours in preparation for the French Grand Prix this weekend saw Lucky Strike BAR Honda's Jacques Villeneuve set the third fastest time overall and top the Honda-powered quartet of drivers. Jarno Trulli posted the ninth fastest time in his Benson and Hedges ... Continue reading

FORMULA ONE: French GP free practice - BMW Williams F1 Team Report

Jun 30, 2001

June 30, 2001 French Grand Prix - FREE PRACTICE 29th June 2001 Weather: Air temperature 27°C average. Track temperature 47°C average. The BMW WilliamsF1 Team worked hard on getting the cars handling right on the Magny Cours track. A problem with Ralf Schumacher's car in the morning was sorted out and at the end of th ... Continue reading