MAY 22, 2002

Monaco minus...

THE Monaco Grand Prix will have one well-known paddock figure missing. For the first time since the South African Grand Prix of 1979, journalist Mike Doodson will be missing. The Dude is out of action because of an illness but expects to be back in action again in Canada. Doodson has been attending Grands Prix since the mid 1960s and is shortly to celebrate his 500th Grand Prix.

It is now going to take one race longer than planned...