Formula One News — June 1995

WHEN he crossed the finish line to win the Indianapolis 500, Canadian rising star Jacques Villeneuve achieved the ultimate in American motorsport.

THE rapidly changing battle between World title rivals Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill continued at Silverstone in England last week in testing with Hill beating the German on both days of the test.

FORD, which last year powered Michael Schumacher to the Formula 1 Drivers' World Championship, is believed to be taking a good hard look to decide whether it wants to continue to be involved in Grand Prix racing.

THE MTV Simtek Ford team will not be at the Canadian Grand Prix next weekend - but the team should be back in action in France in a month, particularly if Forrest Gump comes to the team's rescue!

THE pit stop strategies in Formula 1 racing are all-important and this year it seems Benetton is getting it right - and Williams is getting it wrong.

AT the end of 1977 it was announced that the Canadian Grand Prix would be leaving Mosport Park, near Toronto, Ontario to move to a new circuit - not then built - in Montreal.

UNLIKELY though it may seem - with the Ferrari team riding on the crest of a wave at the moment - there are murmurs in Italy that there might be technical changes at Ferrari with Austrian engineer Gustav Brunner rumored to be the man on the way out.

BACK in December last year South Korean car-maker Daewoo announced that it was on the verge of entering Formula 1 racing - but then the project went quiet and seemed to disappear without trace.

THE 1995 Formula 1 calendar is not yet fully sorted out and already the pressure is on for a 1996 list of race dates - both from the teams and from circuits interested in hosting races.

SOUTH Africa has had a long history with Formula 1 and the South Africans still hope to re-establish a regular South African Grand Prix.