OCTOBER 25, 2002

No deal between CART and F1

CART president Chris Pook says that there are no plans to combine the efforts of CART and Formula 1.

"Our position is quite clear," Pook said in Australia. "We're in the open-wheel racing business. Bernie Ecclestone is in the open-wheel racing business. He's got some challenges, we've got some challenges. Our solution is to talk. There are now formal discussions going on about our relationship with Formula 1. Absolutely not."