Formula One News — August 2003

It was no surprise when yesterday Giancarlo Fisichella signed a two-year deal with Sauber. What was surprising was that the Swiss team did not announce its second driver as well.

Hungarian GP - Saturday Qualifying Report

Hungarian GP - Saturday Photos

Hungarian GP - Saturday Qualifying Results

Hungarian GP - Saturday Warmup Results

Hungary's Zsolt Baumgartner has been granted a Formula 1 Superlicence and will stand in for Ralph Firman in the second Jordan at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Hungarian GP - Saturday Practice Results

Ralph Firman's accident on Saturday morning could result in the British driver being unable to continue this weekend in Hungary and the team may decide to try to put a replacement driver in the car.

The DaimlerChrysler car company - the parent company of McLaren - has agreed to pay $300m to settle a $22bn class action lawsuit brought against the company by Chrysler shareholders.

Ralph Firman had a huge accident in practice on Saturday morning at the Hungaroring after the rear wing of his Jordan fell off at one of the fastest parts of the circuit.

The latest word in Formula 1 circles is that Octagon, the company which owns the promotional rights to the British Grand Prix is considering a deal to hand the rights back to Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.

Stories are circulating that a deal has been struck between Paul Stoddart of Minardi and Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for the purchase of the Minardi team. This however has come as news to Stoddart.

There are whispers in Formula 1 circles that Formula 3000 is going to get a major revamp in 2005 with a change of engine on the cards.

Tony Rudd, one of the best known Formula 1 engineers in the 1960s, had died. Rudd first became involved in racing when he was still a teenager, helping out Prince Chula's White Mouse Racing in the late 1930s.

Hungarian GP - Friday Qualifying Report

Hungarian GP - Friday Photos

The West McLaren Mercedes team has confirmed that it will retain its current driver line-up next year. Kimi Raikkonen and David Coulthard will continue to be supported by Alexander Wurz and Pedro de la Rosa.

The delegation of Canadian politicians was busy in Budapest, trying to sort out how to get Canada back onto the Formula 1 calendar next year.

The FIA Stewards of the German GP reconvened at the Hungaroring on Friday afternoon to reconsider their decisions from Hockenheim in the light of evidence presented to the Court of Appeal in Paris last week.

Hungarian GP - Friday Qualifying Results

Hungarian GP - Friday Practice Results

The stewards of the German GP will reconvene this afternoon in Budapest to decide whether or not to punish Kimi Raikkonen for his involvement in the first lap crash at Hockenheim.

Our spies tell us that the Ford Motor Company has been working for some on a deal that would see Cosworth Racing supplying all customer F1 teams with engines in the future.

Hungarian GP - Friday Testing Results

The stewards of the German Grand Prix will reconvene on Friday at the Hungaroring to look again at the first lap accident which took out Ralf Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen and Rubens Barrichello.