Formula One News — May 2003

Spanish Grand Prix - Sunday Photos

A suggestion that has been whispered in the F1 paddock in recent days is that Ferrari may be planning to offer Michael Schumacher shares in the company rather than trying to meet his huge salary demands.

On January 15 the FIA Max Mosley delivered a series of reforms to the Formula 1 teams - which left them in shock.

Alexander Wurz, the McLaren test driver, says that he would like the opportunity to drive for Jaguar, but it is clear that the McLaren team is not going to let him go that easily.

Spanish Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Report

Spanish Grand Prix - Saturday Photos

Spanish Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying Results

Spanish Grand Prix - Saturday Warmup Results

Spanish Grand Prix - Saturday Practice Results

Air Canada has cancelled its sponsorship of the Canadian Grand Prix because it cannot afford to go on.

The town of Portimao, in the Algarve in southern Portugal, is planning to build an FIA specification racing facility. It is not yet clear whether the organizers of the new track plan to bid for a Grand Prix.

The A1 Ring, which will host the last Austrian Grand Prix in a fortnight from now, has recently been acquired by Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz, who has plans for a huge redevelopment scheme.

Spanish Grand Prix - Friday Qualifying Report

Spanish Grand Prix - Friday Photos

As we exclusively reported yesterday, the FIA has announced plans which were decided at the meeting of team managers in London on April 29. The decisions were made unanimously.

Spanish Grand Prix - Friday Qualifying Results

A delegation from the Bahrain Grand Prix was present in Barcelona to see how Formula 1 operates and the information gathered will be put into operation at the track under construction at Sakhir.

Spanish Grand Prix - Friday Practice Results

Spanish Grand Prix - Friday Testing Results

Eddie Jordan is endorsing the career of a 17-year-old British driver Adam Langley-Khan, who is racing this year in the Renault V6 Eurocup.

Minardi will be running only two cars tomorrow because the team's regular test driver Matteo Bobbi is supposed to be out of action because of illness.

The Formula 1 team bosses and Max Mosley met on Tuesday in London to discuss the technical regulations and it was agreed that while Launch control will be banned from the start of next year, traction-control will stay.

Someone has been winding up the more innocent members of the Formula 1 press corps with suggestions that the first three races of the year could be annulled if Williams and McLaren win their arbitration case against the FIA.