Formula One News — July 2003

British GP - Saturday Photos

British GP - Saturday Qualifying Results

British GP - Saturday Warmup Results

British GP - Saturday Practice Results

The latest word in Formula 1 circles is that McLaren test driver Alexander Wurz will be moving to Jaguar Racing next year, with backing from the Austrian investment company Superfund.

British GP - Friday Qualifying Report

British GP - Friday Photos

British GP - Friday Qualifying Results

British GP - Friday Practice Results

There is speculation that Alex Zanardi will be back in action later this year in the FIA European Touring Car Championship.

GM Racing has asked the Indy Racing League to approve a change in its engines. The new Chevrolet IRL engine was designed by Cosworth and originally designed to carry a Ford badge.

There are rumors in Formula 1 circles that Giancarlo Fisichella is talking to Sauber about a deal for next year.

Although the future of the GPWC is not taken very seriously in F1 circles as the automobile manufacturer continue to refuse to put their money on the table, the organization which is planning to start its own F1 series in 2007 says that they are committed to the new series even if there are negotiations going on with SLEC.

British GP - Friday Testing Report

British GP - Friday Testing Results

Since the Canadian GP when Renault showed remarkable pace there has been little to report for the team but now the team is bringing in a new version of the car.

Tiger Telematics has signed a deal to sponsor Jordan Grand Prix this weekend and then for the whole of the 2004 season. The team will carry branding from Gametrac, a pocket sized device offering SMS text capability, exciting games and GPS tracking aimed at children of all ages.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is to be at Silverstone as a guest of Jaguar Racing. The movie star is in Britain to promote his latest film Terminator 3 and the two Jaguars will feature a special livery to help promote the film.

Formula 1 technology has been used in recent months to help the British Army become more efficient.

BMW Williams has announced a muli-year sponsorship with Budweiser beer brewed by Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

The CART shareholders are due to get together later this week but chief executive Chris Pook says he isn't expecting any major developments about the ownership of the US series.

Minardi boss Paul Stoddart was quoted yesterday as saying that Justin Wilson has a future in Formula 1 but not with Minardi but now the Australian says that this does not mean that Wilson actually has a deal with another team.

Bernie Ecclestone has wanted to have a Grand Prix in India for at least 10 years. Given the size of India's population and the fact that around 200m people are part of a fast-emerging Indian middle class, India is of major importance to many Formula 1 sponsors.

As Bernie Ecclestone looks ahead for F1 he sees potential in bringing the F1 Circus to India.

Teddy Yip, one of the more colorful Formula 1 team owners in the 1970s, has died at the age of 96. A Dutch national, born in what later became Indonesia, Yip spoke many languages including six Chinese dialects, Dutch, English, French, German, Malay and Thai.