Formula One News — November 2003

Eddie Jordan wants more money for next year and hopes that a 19-year-old Russian may be able to help him. Vitaly Petrov may have what it takes to make it in Formula 1 one day in the future.

Unable to hire a race track in Holland or Belgium before the end of the year, Minardi has decided to hold another of its two-seater events at Donington Park and has plans to run a total of five cars for guests and competition winners on November 25.

SportsBusiness Journal in the United States is reporting that New York City officials have once again been exploring the possibility of building an open-wheel racing venue in the city to bring motor sport to the Big Apple.

Formula 1 is increasing its viewing figures again, according to the French Mediametrie agency. The company has just published its Eurodata TV Worldwide report on the F1 season shows which reveals that the overall TV audience is increasing once again, even if the sport is slipping in some markets.

Attempts to raise the money needed to save the Canadian Grand Prix appear to have failed with the end of October deadline failing to produce the finance needed to save the race.

The brother of BMW-Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya will drive in the German Formula BMW series for the 2004 season.

German police raided the Toyota racing factory in Germany as part of an ongoing investigation into industrial espionage.

Getting to Formula 1 these days is tough for any nationality, not least the British, and several of the most talented young British drivers have been forced to go to the United States in the hope of making their names there in CART and IRL.