Formula One News — July 2003

There were suggestions in Magny Cours that there are at least two serious buyers for Formula 1 teams on the market at the moment.

Nick Heidfeld is tipped to be going to be recruited next year by Jaguar Racing to replace Antonio Pizzonia. Heidfeld is coming to the end of his contract with Sauber and is looking to see what else is available.

French GP - Race Notes

French GP - Sunday Photos

French GP - Race Results

French GP - Saturday Qualifying Report

The Formula 1 team bosses will meet tomorrow morning at Magny-Cours to try to come up with a solution to the problem of the "fighting fund" with Minardi team boss Paul Stoddart saying that he is going to run cars without any driver aids at Silverstone.

Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, who is buying Chelsea Football Club in a deal worth $200m, was a guest at the recent European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.

French GP - Saturday Photos

French GP - Saturday Qualifying Results

French GP - Saturday Warmup Results

French GP - Saturday Practice Results

French GP - Friday Qualifying Report

Bernie Ecclestone was in Milan yesterday for a meeting with Argentina's vice-president Daniel Scioli about the possibility of a new race in Buenos Aires. The biggest problem for Argentina remains one of finance as the country has undergone serious instability in recent years.

French GP - Friday Photos

After the Minardi 1-2 in first qualifying for the French Grand Prix, there was further excitement after it was found that Justin Wilson's car was two kilograms underweight. The news has yet to be officially confirmed but if the weight is confirmed Wilson will drop to the back of the field.

French GP - Friday Qualifying Results

David Richards, the boss of British American Racing, has launched a blistering attack on the company which seized the BAR equipment on Thursday afternoon.

French GP - Friday Practice Report

French GP - Friday Practice Results

British American Racing has succeeded in getting the court order seizing its assets lifted by a court in Nevers.

French GP - Friday Testing Results

This morning at nine o'clock (European Summer Time) British American Racing went to court in Nevers to try to overturn a court order granted by the local judges which means that the team cannot run its F1 cars at Magny-Cours.

Team sources suggest that the problems with the Formula 1 fighting fund are far from over with Minardi having sent a letter to the team bosses telling them that as of Silverstone Minardi will be removing all driver aids from its cars.

The three British American Racing Formula 1 cars have been seized by the French authorities in relation to the dispute between the team and the Monaco-based PPGI company, which claims that BAR owes it over $3m in commission on a sponsorship deal in 1997.