Formula One News — August 2000

AUGUST 1, 2000

The Hockenheim protester

THE FIA is to investigate an incident in Hockenheim when a 47-year-old Frenchman, protesting at being fired from a Mercedes-Benz factory in Le Mans, walked onto the track in the middle of the German Grand Prix.

Jordan buys more land for factory

EDDIE JORDAN has just acquired more land around his facility at Silverstone and is now planning a major expansion for the team factory.

Barrichello returns to feature in Ferrari's Fiorano program

GERMAN GRAND PRIX winner Rubens Barrichello returned to the cockpit of his Ferrari on Tuesday - but this time it was for the task of testing the aerodynamic settings at Fiorano.