JULY 20, 2002

Arrows go out for a lap

THE Orange Arrows team finally became involved in the French GP when both Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Enrique Bernoldi were sent out to do one installation lap at the end of the practice sessions. This was to check whether the cars had any problems before qualifying. The cars are expected to run a number of laps in qualifying so as to satisfy the requirement that the team "participate" in the event.

It is largely a question of interpretation as to what this actually means and it will be interesting to see if there is any official reaction in the days ahead.