Formula One News — June 2001

THE Sauber team could hold an advantage at this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, according to Bridgestone tire technical manager Hisao Suganuma.

THE Jaguar Racing team confirmed on Monday that they are considering legal action against the McLaren team and technical director Adrian Newey.

RENAULT SPORT boss Patrick Faure has hit back over allegations that the French manufacturer has bitten off more than it can chew by making its return to the sport with a radical wide-angle engine.

HAVING completed its third test at the Circuit Paul Ricard, former home of the French Grand Prix, Toyota has packed up its Formula 1 test team to sample a new circuit.

JAGUAR RACING boss Bobby Rahal has not had much to smile about this week with the disastrous outcome of Jaguar's bid to hire Adrian Newey.

DEREK WRIGHT, the editor of the British magazine FORMULA 1 NEWS, died on Friday afternoon.

BENETTON sponsor Marconi is rumored to be the target for a takeover bid by the giant US technology company Cisco Systems.

BMW-WILLIAMS drivers Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya have altered their targets as the season wears on, and both men will be happy just to finish this Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.

JAGUAR CEO Bobby Rahal made it abundantly clear yesterday (Saturday) that Adrian Newey's decision to stay at McLaren - only two days after agreeing to join Jaguar - is not a matter that will be quickly forgotten by his team.

THERE are signs that the car manufacturers in Formula 1 are moving towards multiple engine supplies.

FERRARI finalized their pre-Canadian Grand Prix testing at Fiorano on Saturday with Luca Badoer in action.

WILLIAMS driver Juan Pablo Montoya topped the times in the final day of testing at Monza on Friday but he was hampered by an oil pressure problem.

IN a bizarre reversal, Adrian Newey has confirmed that he will be staying with the McLaren-Mercedes team - after Jaguar Racing had announced on Friday morning that the designer would be joining the team when his current contract was up in August of 2002.

SAUBER driver Kimi Raikkonen's fourth place finish in Austria has been allowed to stand after British American Racing's protest against the result was rejected by the FIA.

ADRIAN NEWEY will stay at McLaren until the middle of 2005.

TOYOTA completed the third test of their Formula One challenger at the Paul Ricard circuit on Friday as Scot Allan McNish completed more than 200 laps during a four-day workout.

A costly and protracted legal action between car makers Ford and DaimlerChrysler was in prospect tonight after a major row over the future of top formula one car designer Adrian Newey with whom both the McLaren and Jaguar grand prix teams believe they have signed a contract.

THE Ferrari team underwent a morning test session at their private test track of Fiorano on Friday to complete work on their chassis before sending them to Montreal.

THE proposed move of Adrian Newey to Jaguar has started a war of words with McLaren with both teams claiming to have secured his services.

JAGUAR RACING today confirmed that it has signed a contract with McLaren-Mercedes technical director Adrian Newey to join the Ford-owned team in August 2002.

BRITISH AMERICAN RACING will, on Saturday, hear the result of their appeal against an overtaking move by Sauber's Kimi Raikkonen in the Austrian Grand Prix.