Formula One News — June 2002

In karting days and in Formula Ford Jenson Button had to work hard to keep Daniel Wheldon at bay.

Silverstone is now in the home stretch in its preparations for the British GP.

Paul Stoddart in recent weeks has been asking his legal eagles for their opinion about his situation with regard to the Concorde Agreement.

The recent weeks have seen good news for the Indy Racing League but the news that Infiniti is pulling out at the end of the year is a setback for Ton George's series.

A court in Canada has been hearing of the racing exploits of Frenchman Christopher Rocancourt.

It is no secret in Formula 1 circles that there is not going to be an agreement between Jordan Grand Prix and Honda next year.

CART has reversed its decision to move closer to the rules of the Indy Racing League and will keep its turbocharged engine formula next season.

The teams testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain this week wrapped up their week Friday, and will now prepare the equipment for next weekend's European GP.

The Audi Sport team has qualified 1-2-3 for the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Tom Wheatcroft, the man who revived Donington Park in 1977 and who in 1993 fulfilled his dream to have the circuit host a Grand Prix, celebrated his 80th birthday this week.

The Formula 1 team bosses gathered this morning in London for what was expected to be a long and fairly intense meeting to sort out some of the matters of the moment in Formula 1 circles.

The news yesterday that the finally two Kirch companies have been placed in administration marks an important moment in the history of the Formula 1 commercial rights.

Auto Motor und Sport magazine in Germany has put its reputation on the line by suggesting that it knows in advance what is going to happen when the FIA World Motor Sport Council meets in Paris on June 26.

Despite all the stories being published on the Internet, the Williams team has not taken up its option with Juan Pablo Montoya.

The French racing magazine Autohebo is reporting that television coverage of Formula 1 in 14 Asian countries has stopped. Fortunately, this is not true.

Bobby Rahal announced at Laguna Seca that Team Rahal will be running a car in the Toyota Atlantic series next year for rising American lady racer Danica Patrick.

It has been coming for a while but the final two Kirch companies are reported to be preparing to file for insolvency later this week.

In Formula 3000 this season there are three members of the Sperafico Family, but one should also not forget the progress being made by another cousin Rafael Sperafico.

There is still a lot of action going on in the United States around the CART shareholdings.

Jos Verstappen may not be in Formula 1 at the moment but he has not lost his love of the sport.

Ricardo Zonta may be out of Formula 1 but he continues to show his class in the Nissan World Series.

There have been talks in recent weeks between the FIA and the two Formula 1 tire companies in an effort to work out how to keep lap times in check.

Testing continued in Jerez Wednesday, where Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest lap of the day for McLaren.

TaurusHolding and Kirch Beteiligung sought bankruptcy protection from creditors in a Munich court on Wednesday bringing to an end the drawn-out struggle to keep them alive.

Larry Perkins, who raced for Brabham in the mid-1970s, is to retire from racing at the age of 52.