Formula One News — September 2000

Brands Hatch have confirmed that the public inquiry into their plans to develop the circuit will begin in December.

Jaguar pair Eddie Irvine and Johnny Herbert both completed a promotional drive up Broadway in New York on Tuesday to signal the return of Formula One to the United States.

Arrows will announce their driver line-up for the 2001 World Championships at the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis on Friday.

Team-boss Jean Todt expects Michael Schumacher to commit his future to Ferrari when the German's contract with the team expires at the end of the 2002 season.

Toyota on Monday took another major step towards their Formula One debut in 2002 as they fired up their V10 engine for the first time at their Cologne base.

BOBBY RAHAL is expected to be named the new chief executive officer of Jaguar Racing in the course of this weekend's United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis.

ALEXANDER WURZ's future remains unclear at the moment although the Austrian, who is being dumped by Benetton at the end of the year, is believed to have had an offer to test drive for the McLaren team.

THE Italian authorities are continuing their investigation into the accident at Monza which claimed the life of fire marshal Paolo Gislimberti.

THE company which is tipped to be negotiating to buy Minardi has just done a deal to merge a number of its operations with one of Arrows's big sponsors and it will be interesting to see if this has any effect on either of the deals.

THERE are times when it is hard to understand the finances of Formula 1 racing. Last week Ferrari announced its half-yearly results with sales of 2,200 Ferraris and 1,200 Maseratis.

THE Ford Motor Company has pulled out of the British Touring Car Championship, having dominated the series this year with drivers Anthony Reid, Alain Menu and Rickard Rydell.

FINNISH rising star Kimi Raikkonen tested for Sauber for three days last week at Mugello.

MICHELIN continued its preparations for entering Formula 1 at Monza last week, trying out a circuit soon after a Grand Prix for the first time in the hope of gaining some form of comparison with the current Bridgestone rubber.

Arrows driver Pedro de la Rosa will undergo a fitness test ahead of the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis to determine whether he is fit enough to participate in the 15th round.

Jordan drivers Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jarno Trulli both attended the funeral of fire marshal Paolo Gislimberti on Thursday.

Jordan drivers Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jarno Trulli both attended the funeral of fire marshal Paolo Gislimberti on Thursday.

BMW-Williams recruit Juan Pablo Montoya plans to add a Formula One world title to his 1999 Champ Car championship success after branding all of his rival drivers as "beatable".

Frenchman Olivier Panis topped the times for the second successive day in testing at Mugello, Italy.

Arrows boss Tom Walkinshaw has hit out at fellow team-owners over the poaching of his Formula One employees.

Austrian Alexander Wurz is in contention for the job as the McLaren test driver after team-boss Ron Dennis said he wants to appoint an experience Formula One driver.

McLaren test driver Olivier Panis demonstrated his intent to shine in the 2001 World Championship with British American Racing by topping the times in testing at Mugello, Italy, on Tuesday.

German Heinz-Harald Frentzen has responded to criticism claiming that he was at fault for the carnage that marred the events of the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.

FIA president Max Mosley has stated that he feels no one was to blame for the carnage that cost the life of a fire marshal at Monza during the weekend.

Brands Hatch officials have admitted they are surprised that a public inquiry has been called to decide whether the Kent track can get the go ahead for redevelopment work.

JORDAN GRAND PRIX has begun to rebuild its engineering team with the recruitment of David Brown for next season.