Formula One News — July 2002

The Arrows team needs to find answers to its problems before Wednesday, July 17 when the team has to come up with its next payment to Cosworth Racing.

Mark Webber is off today to France to join up with the Tour de France at Reims to see how the really tough men go racing.

Renault, Williams-BMW and Sauber-Petronas resumed development after the British GP at the Valencia circuit in Spain Tuesday.

FIA President Max Mosley and British sports minister Richard Caborn have come to the defense of the improvements made at the Silverstone circuit for this year's British GP.

Anyone looking for a pair of used racing overalls or balaclava can head to ebay and find those used by Jenson Button and Jarno Trulli this season.

The Formula 1 tire regulations are not expected to change in 2003 because the racing authorities and the tire manufacturers have failed to agree on changes to be made.

It has been announced by the Shanghai International Circuit Co. that construction will begin this month on a race track, and they are hoping to host a Grand Prix in the future.

<b>British Grand Prix Sunday Race Report</b>

There was a minor spat on Sunday between F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone and Silverstone over the question of signage.

Rob Bain has resigned from his position as the head of Octagon Motorsports just one day after his organization put on a trouble-free British GP.

Brendan McGuinness, a representative of the Saudi Arabian investor Prince Al-Waleed's Kingdom Holding company spent the British Grand Prix weekend as a guest of the Minardi team.

The Formula 1 team principals met with the Grand Prix World Championship's leading players on Friday afternoon at Silverstone.

There was speculation at Silverstone that Jurgen Hubbert, the current boss of Mercedes-Benz, may be the man in line for the job of running the GPWC.

BMW is due to announce today that it will be sponsoring the Oracle Racing's America's Cup syndicate.

<b>British Grand Prix Sunday Race Notes</b>

Hollywood director John Frankenheimer has died on Saturday in Los Angeles at the age of 72, following complications from spinal surgery.

<b>British Grand Prix Sunday Morning Warmup Report</b>

<b>British Grand Prix Sunday Photos</b>

<b>British Grand Prix Saturday Qualifying Report</b>

Tom Walkinshaw says that he has paid some of the bills in order to get Cosworth Racing to agree to release the electronic boxes of the engines so that the Arrows team can run at the British GP.

Jordan's sponsor Deutsche Post has raised its share in DHL to 75% by buying out Lufthansa, which owned 25% of the business, for $600m.

<b>British Grand Prix Saturday Morning Free Practice Report</b>

<b>British Grand Prix Saturday Photos</b>

The improved access to the Silverstone circuit is a success with no major traffic problems being reported on Saturday, despite the fact that the new A43 bypass is still not fully open.

Three into two does not go. And thus there are questions as to what is going to happen with the driver line-up at Renault F1 next year.