Formula One News — July 2005

JULY 31, 2005

Sunday Photos

Hungarian GP - Sunday Photos

France, Switzerland and USA join A1 Grand Prix

A1 Grand Prix has announced three more teams with deals with Jean Paul Driot for France, Rick Weidinger for the United States and Team Switzerland announcing that it will be headed by former Sauber team manager Max Welti.

Sunday Press Conference

Hungarian GP - Sunday Press Conference

Race incidents from Budapest

Hungarian GP - Race incidents

Sunday Team Quotes

Hungarian GP - Sunday Team Quotes

Race Results

Hungarian GP - Race Results

JULY 30, 2005

Qualifying Report - Number one is number one?

Eighteen, 13, 2, 14, 8, 8, 10, 2, 5, 4, 10 and 5. This is a list of numbers none of which are number one. They are the qualifying positions of Michael Schumacher so far this season in his difficult Ferrari.

Barrichello and Sato at BAR

The folk at BAR may be not be talking openly about a driver line-up of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button in 2006 but that seems to be the way of thinking.

Deal making in Cannes

The meeting between the F1 manufacturers and FIA President Max Mosley in Cannes yesterday appears to have resulted in the FIA accepting all of the technical and sporting proposals put forward by the teams, but we hear that the federation is baulking at some of the legal questions which have been raised by the proposals.

Barrichello signs for BAR?

Rubens Barrichello is rumoured to have signed to a two-year deal with British American Racing and, if this is true, he will leave Ferrari after five years playing second fiddle to Michael Schumacher.

Saturday Photos

Hungarian GP - Saturday Photos

Saturday Press Conference

Hungarian GP - Saturday Press Conference

Saturday Team Quotes

Hungarian GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Qualifying Results

Hungarian GP - Qualifying Results

But is it ART?

Nicolas Todt's ART team in GP2 has been super-competitive in recent weeks but in Hungary the team ran into trouble after the FIA Technical Delegate spotted an irregularity with the suspension set-up on the cars of Nico Rosberg and Alexandre Premat.

Toyota confirms Midland F1 deal

Toyota has confirmed that it will be supplying engines to the Midland F1 team (nee Jordan) in 2006. The news has been expected for several days and brings to an end any hope that Williams may have had of using the Japanese engines next year.

Practice 4 Results

Hungarian GP - Practice Session 4 Results

Practice 3 Results

Hungarian GP - Practice Session 3 Results

Big names compete for A1 deal in Brazil

We hear from Brazil that some of the biggest names in the sport are fighting over who will be Brazil's driver in the new A1 Grand Prix series. The word is that Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta is one of those involved, along with Indy Racing League champion Tony Kanaan and F1 test driver Antonio Pizzonia.

JULY 29, 2005

Practice 2 Report - Zonta leads the way

Toyota gave everyone a surprise in the second practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix with test driver Ricardo Zonta a tenth of a second faster than McLaren's Alexander Wurz.

Friday Photos

Hungarian GP - Friday Photos

Max meets the GPMA

FIA President Max Mosley met with representatives of the GPMA this morning in Cannes, in the south of France to discuss the proposals which the GPMA put to the FIA last weekend.

Friday Press Conference

Hungarian GP - Friday Press Conference

ASH attacks F1 teams

ASH, the British anti-smoking organisation, has launched a blistering attack on Formula 1 saying that the EU law banning tobacco advertising and sponsorship is being threatened by possible non-compliance by at least two Formula 1 teams.