Formula One News — September 1995

RACING legend Niki Lauda has been kicked out of his role as a special advisor to the Ferrari F1 team - a move which is being seen as a major political victory for Ferrari team boss Jean Todt.

JEAN TODT has also won another battle in recent days, defeating Giancarlo Minardi's attempts to convince Fiat that his team should use the Ferrari V12 engines next season when the Ferrari factory team moves over to running V10s.

GERMAN rising star Heinz-Harald Frentzen has decided to stay with the Red Bull Sauber Ford team in 1996, despite having been courted by several other F1 teams.

SEITA, which owns the Gitanes Blondes cigarette brand, is to announce its plans for 1996 in Paris, on Wednesday.

THE Formula 1 Commission met at Monza to discuss a variety of topics which could have profound effects on the shape of F1 in the future.

THE Autodromo Nazionale at Monza is in the northern suburbs of Milan, in parkland which once belonged to the Monza royal palace.

GIANCARLO MINARDI has spoken out against reports suggesting that he is planning to close down his F1 team next year - after 11 years in the sport.

BENETTON has withdrawn its appeal against Michael Schumacher's suspended one-race ban, imposed by the stewards of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa eight days ago.

THE curious "three driver" maneuvers currently going on in F1 might explain why McLaren boss Ron Dennis isn't at all worried about having far too many drivers for next season!

WE know that Williams will have Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve next year; we know that Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger will be at Benetton; that Mika Hakkinen will be at McLaren and Michael Schumacher at Ferrari.

WITH Gerhard Berger having decided not to stay at Ferrari next year, team boss Jean Todt has been left looking for a junior partner for Michael Schumacher.

GERHARD BERGER has never been very predictable when it comes to signing contracts and last week the Austrian caught Formula 1 - and not least Ferrari - on the hop, when he announced that he has signed to drive for Benetton for 1996 and 1997.