Formula One News — October 2003

Carl Haas, the co-owner of Newman-Haas Racing with actor Paul Newman, has resigned from the board of directors of CART.

The Formula 1 Commission met yesterday and voted through the recommendations of the Formula 1 teams to alter the situation with regard to testing.

The recent days have seen a number of significant developments indicating just how serious the current economic problems are for the European automobile manufacturers.

One of the subjects that the Formula 1 team bosses have been discussing in recent days is how to organize the sport if the bigger teams are forced to run third cars.

There are rumors that Craig Pollock could be looking at the possibility of coming back to Formula 1 to revive the troubled Jordan team.

There are stories circulating in Holland that Jos Verstappen is going to leave Minardi at the end of the season.

British American Racing boss David Richards is having trouble in the World Rally Championship as it looks like he is going to lose his voting rights on the FIA Rally Commission.

The Formula 1 team bosses are meeting today at London's Heathrow Airport to come up with answers as to how they are going to improve the show for next year. There have already been two lengthy meetings in Indianapolis to discuss the different ideas.

Two Canadian businessmen tried to have the Montreal Grand Prix exempted from the federal anti-tobacco legislation.

Niki Lauda has been working for the TV since he was kicked out of Jaguar Racing and as he no longer controls the airline which bears his name he has been looking for something to do with his time.

There has been much talk in Formula 1 circles since the United States Grand Prix about the drive-through penalty which effectively ended Juan Pablo Montoya's World Championship hopes at Indianapolis.

The Formula 1 teams have been in action testing at Silverstone with mostly test drivers in action as the racers have stayed out in America or gone on to Japan.

The opposition party in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh has come out against the idea of a Grand Prix in Hyderabad.

The future of Minardi is a rich source of stories without foundation and rarely does a week go by without a new rumor emerging.