Formula One News — September 2000

Max Mosley said on Wednesday that he fully intends to stand for re-election as Federation Internationale l'Automobile (FIA) President.

Frank Williams has said that he would consider selling a stake of his Formula One team to engine partner BMW in the future, should the offer arise.

Olivier Panis has predicted that British American Racing will be the 'best of the rest' behind McLaren and Ferrari in the 2001 World Championship.

The home of the British Grand Prix from 2002 to 2009 will soon be announced as Donington Park, following a protracted campaign by rights holders Brands Hatch Leisure to wrest the blue riband event from the auspices of the British Racing Drivers' Club at Silverstone.

MICHAEL ANDRETTI is expected to announce shortly that he is moving to a new CART team next year, probably in league with his father Mario Andretti, the 1978 Formula 1 World Champion.

GIANCARLO FISICHELLA is not having a good time at the moment.

THE future of the British Grand Prix remains clouded at the moment and there are indications that the race could be transferred to Donington Park if the rebuilding work at Brands Hatch is delayed.

JAMES ROBINSON, the senior operations engineer at Williams F1, has left the Grove team with immediate effect.

THE highly-rated Egbahl Hamidy is to design Jordan Grand Prix's car in 2002, despite the fact that he is under contract to Arrows for another two years.

THE Minardi team would like to run Spaniard Fernando Alonso next season alongside his fellow countryman Marc Gene but the decision will be dependent on sponsorship.

TEAM KOOL GREEN boss Barry Green is being linked not only with an involvement with Michael Andretti in CART but also with a management job with British American Racing in Formula 1.

THE Formula 1 teams gained very little from last week's meeting with FIA President Max Mosley at the Heathrow Airport Hilton.

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER was unfazed by the engine malfunction that disabled his Ferrari in the final day of testing at Monza on Friday and insisted that he is satisfied with his car's performance ahead of the Italian Grand Prix.

GIANCARLO FISICHELLA is expected to be fit to race in the Italian Grand Prix on September 10, despite suffering an ankle injury after two big crashes in four days this week.

SEVERAL Formula One drivers are fearful that changes to Monza's first chicane will cause opening lap chaos in next weekend's Italian Grand Prix.

BMW-WILLIAMS technical director Patrick Head has compared Jenson Button to four-times world champion Alain Prost because he is so calm under pressure.

JORDAN have promised a party to remember as they will celebrate a decade of Formula One racing this weekend at the Donington Park circuit.

A number of teams completed their final day of testing at Monza on Friday ahead of the Italian Grand Prix with Ralf Schumacher the quickest driver in his BMW-Williams.