Formula One News — July 2000

THE announcement that Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard are to stay with the McLaren team and the expected news that Jacques Villeneuve is to move to Benetton and Juan-Pablo Montoya to Williams is likely to get the Formula 1 driver market moving in the weeks ahead.

THE rivalry between McLaren and Ferrari continues this week - but this time it's on the practice track.

OUR spies in the F1 paddock suggest that Flavio Briatore is planning to shock the F1 world by announcing that he has signed Jacques Villeneuve and Jenson Button to drive for the Enstone team in 2001 and 2002.

THE Honda Motor Company has announced its intention to supply Jordan Grand Prix with its factory V10 engines next season.

JEAN-JACQUES HIS, who was one of the leading lights in Renault Sport's successful engine supply program in the 1990s is to return to Renault Sport to head the company's Formula 1 program in 2002.

TOYOTA held its annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo last week and it was confirmed that the company will not enter Formula 1 until 2002.

BERNIE ECCLESTONE has pulled off an amazing new deal with the FIA to exploit the commercial rights of the Formula 1 World Championship for the next 100 years.

ALTHOUGH it was not officially announced at the French Grand Prix we understand that Automobiles Peugeot has decided that it is not going to sell its Formula 1 technology to a third party as had been discussed and is planning to buy a Formula 1 team instead and run the operation itself.

MOTORSPORT's governing body, the FIA, on Sunday launched a new road safety document hours ahead of the French Grand Prix.

MIKA HAKKINEN will be working through the night with his engineers to try and get his McLaren-Mercedes car at optimum performance after a disappointing qualifying session for the French Grand Prix.