MARCH 20, 2002
Administrative details...
Similarly, the FIA has clarified the situation regarding the granting of numbers for each F1 season, following the confusion in December last year. The convention has, for some years, been that the teams are given the numbers corresponding to the teams's finishing positions in the previous year's World Championship. The only difference being if the World Champion moves to another team - in which case the numbers 1 and 2 go to the team to which he has signed. Although it is not detailed in the new rule, the convention has been that if the World Champion retires the team for which he drove will use the numbers 0 and 2.