Formula One News — March 2003

Jaguar Racing's John Hogan has spoken out on his views about McLaren and Williams going to arbitration over the recent reinterpretation of the Formula 1 rules.

Justin Wilson plc has so far raised $750,000 from its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange. This means that the 24-year-old from Sheffield is well on his way to reaching the $2m he is looking for to secure his Minardi drive this year.

Malaysian Grand Prix - Friday Photos

The Formula 1 circus was looking closely at the developing situation in Iraq on Thursday and Friday but the attitude in the paddock is that the event should go ahead.

Malaysian Grand Prix - Friday Qualifying Results

Malaysian Grand Prix - Friday Practice Report

Malaysian Grand Prix - Friday Practice Results

Malaysian Grand Prix - Friday Testing Report

Malaysian Grand Prix - Friday Testing Results

Luca Badoer, the Ferrari third driver, did not make the trip to Malaysia in order to have some time off after his most recent crash while testing the new Ferrari F2003 GA.

Renault engineers in Paris have embarked on a research and development programme to design and build a completely new V10 engine to replace the current wide-angled unit

The US Department of Justice is suing the big tobacco companies for damages amounting to $289bn, seeking reparation for 50 years of what it claims to have been fraudulent marketing.

Sheik Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, the President of Bahrain's Organisation of Youth and Sport will be in Malaysia this weekend along with key staff from the Bahrain project.

Karl Kling was one of Mercedes-Benz's best known drivers in the early 1950s but his career suffered when the company withdrew from the sport after the Le Mans disaster in 1955.

The President of the FIA Max Mosley has cancelled his planned trip to Malaysia.

Ferrari has announced that it paid out a $19.2m bonus to chairman Luca di Montezemolo and a $3.2m payment to Jean Todt, the managing-director of the Formula 1 programme to recognise the contributions of both men.

Malaysian Grand Prix - Preview

The British Racing Drivers' Club has given details of its relationship with Octagon Motorsports and its plans for the future.

Motor racing has been banned in Switzerland since the Road Traffic Act of December 1958. This was as a result of the Le Mans disaster in 1955 when around 80 people were killed when a Mercedes-Benz sports car crashed into the crowd during the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Although the Formula 1 teams are already in place in Kuala Lumpur in preparation for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, the expected onset of war in the Gulf, coupled with a new threat posed by a mysterious pneumonia-like virus in Asia.

Jean-Luc Lagardere, the man who led Matra to World Championship success in Formula 1, has died at the age of 75.

The usual avalanche of race previews has been inundating Formula 1 journalists in recent days and while these communiques help websites fill their never-ending empty pages they are all lacking somewhat in substance.

The outbreak of war in Iraq is unlikely to have much of an effect on the motor racing world - at least in the short term.

The Red Bull Junior Team has been officially launched for the 2003 season with 14 drivers from four countries competing for Red Bull in nine different European racing series.

Most of the Formula 1 stars of today come from the world of karting and in recent weeks this has been in tumult because of a dispute between the major kart manufacturers and the international karting federation, the CIK-FIA.