Formula One News — April 1995

The Chinese government is shortly expected announce in Beijing that it plans to hold a Formula 1 Grand Prix at the brand new Zhuhai International Circuit.

The FIA World Motor Sport Council has taken another major step in wresting control of the rule-making process away from the Formula 1 teams.

As predicted last week in F1 Foreign Report, the Hungarian GP will take place this year on its scheduled August 13 date.

Elf and the FIA are in dispute over whether the French state-owned oil company's fuel used by Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard in Brazil is in line with the regulations or not.

Don't be taken in by the headlines.

Italian tire company Pirelli has returned to profit for the first time since 1990 - and that means the bosses in Milan will probably soon be taking a look at returning to Formula 1 racing.

Michael Schumacher climbed out of his Benetton in Brazil and was met by an FIA official with a weighing machine. The German was not allowed onto the podium until he had been weighed.

Unhappiness over Ligier's Benetton lookalike chassis is building after rival teams had the chance to look at the cars first-hand in Brazil.

The Total Jordan Peugeot team used an experimental red laser device at the Brazilian Grand Prix, in an effort to improve tail-light visibility in rainy conditions.