Formula One News — July 2002

There is speculation on the Autosport website that the Ford Motor Company is planning to return to Formula 1 in 2003 with Ford-branded engines for the Jordan team. This would put the Ford name in direct competition with its subsidiary brand Jaguar.

We have been hearing in recent weeks of moves to restrict the access for young drivers in Formula 1 by forcing them to go through the International Formula 3000 series.

As we suggested would happen some months ago, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is going to leave the

A plan is afoot to run an English entry in the forthcoming Rockingham 500 under the Team Saint George banner - and Johnny Herbert is tipped to be the man likely to run in the England-branded car.

People will tell you that Tom Walkinshaw is going to leave Formula 1 once the sale of the Arrows team has been completed - but this is by no means certain.

Craig Pollock is rumored to be close to a deal to buy the troubled Arrows team. This is all well and good but observers are asking how the entire operation will work as the Arrows team is currently based inside the TWR factory at Leafield.

One would think that success for Ferrari would have the Italians glued to their TV screens but according to the latest figures published by the Italian TV station RAI, which owns the rights for free

The news that Luca di Montezemolo is involved in a consortium trying to buy the Italian state tobacco monopoly is, at first glance, rather an odd one.

Nigel Mansell is once again looking for sponsorship following the announcement that his Woodbury Park golf course has won a round of the 2003 European Seniors' Tour.

Danny Sullivan has unveiled more about his Red Bull F1 Driver Search. The program will be announced during the United States Grand Prix weekend at Indianapolis in late September

While the Formula 1 teams are banned from testing until the Hungarian Grand Prix in three weeks, Ferrari's test driver Luca Badoer remains hard at work at Mugello,

The big story of the day - propagated as usual by the headless chickens of the Internet - was that Mark Webber was on the verge of signing for Jaguar.

Formula 1 is currently fighting to keep its market share in the TV viewer markets despite the fact that Michael Schumacher has won 75% of the races this year with nine victories in 12 events

The tire business has been struggling in recent months but Europe's biggest tire maker says it is expecting to perform better than forecast this year thanks to the improving market conditions.

In recent weeks a number of team principals have expressed their dissatisfaction with the provisional calendar published by the FIA.

The Italian government has announced plans to sell off Ente Tabacchi Italiani, the national tobacco monopoly.

It now seems to be inevitable that the Arrows team will survive its current financial and legal problems.

Now is the time of year when engine builders are bolting together next year's engines for the first time.

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It has not yet been confirmed but there is no doubt that Juan Pablo Montoya will be staying at Williams for the next couple of years.

Tomas Scheckter's victory on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway marks his first major win of international note.

With all testing banned for the next three weeks many of the Formula 1 teams are taking the opportunity to have a week off and get ready for the final five races of the year.

With McLaren, Renault and British American Racing having largely settled on their drivers for the 2003 season the focus of attention in F1 is now shifting towards Sauber.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen is an important player in the F1 driver market at the moment because of a number of good showings this year with the Arrows team.

Renault is already planning to build a second windtunnel at Enstone.