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Lauda sacked by Jaguar

NOV 26th: Jaguar today sacked team principal Niki Lauda after yet another disappointing season.

F1 boss pulls plug on pay-per-view

NOV 22nd: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed he will pull the plug on the sport's pay-per-view television coverage as he bids to arrest a slump in terrestrial viewing figures.

Jordan upbeat despite losing sponsor

NOV 21st: Jordan are confident they can be a force on the Formula One grid next year despite suffering a financial setback.

Reports claim investors will save Arrows

NOV 12th: Cash-strapped Arrows could have been handed a last-minute reprieve amid reports that the Formula One team have been bought by Arab investors.

Jordan sponsors to quit Formula 1

NOV 11th: Jordan have been dealt a major financial blow after main sponsors Deutsche Post World Net today announced their intention to pull out of Formula One at the end of next month.

Irvine pins hopes on Jordan return

NOV 4th: Eddie Irvine has admitted that his only real hope of remaining in Formula One for the 2003 season lies with Jordan, the team who gave him his big break in F1 in 1993.

Irvine may be at end of the road

Eddie Irvine dropped by Jaguar
Irvine

NOV 2nd: Eddie Irvine has failed to land a new contract with Jaguar Racing and as widely predicted will be replaced by Minardi driver Mark Webber with immediate effect.

Smoke clouds may clear for Belgian GP

Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher

OCT 30th: The Belgian Grand Prix, which was controversially axed from the 2003 Formula One calendar, has been given fresh hope that it could be reprieved.

New rules target Ferrari's domination

OCT 29th: Formula One will revert to two-day qualifying and introduce a new points structure for 2003 as part of a package of changes designed to rejuvenate the sport's television figures.

Teams reject radical overhaul

OCT 28th: Radical plans to revolutionise Formula One have been rejected by the teams as major changes to qualifying were announced today.

McLaren boss hails Coulthard

Coulthard
Coulthard

OCT 23rd: McLaren boss Ron Dennis has praised David Coulthard for the way he has responded to the growing presence of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen.

Gerhard Berger calls for F1 rethink

OCT 22nd: Ex-Formula One driver Gerhard Berger has called on the sport to rediscover a sense of unpredictability if it is to arrest the recent slump in interest.

Sato needs to finance seat

Takuma Sato
Sato

OCT 19th: Takuma Sato’s stirring fifth place in the season-closing Japanese Grand Prix last weekend could save the young Japanese driver's seat at Jordan if he can source major sponsorship from his homeland, team boss Eddie Jordan has said.

China confirmed as F1 destination

OCT 18th: Two European circuits were facing the axe today after it was officially confirmed China would join the Formula One calendar from 2004.

Sato intends to stay with Jordan

OCT 16th: Jordan’s Takuma Sato said today he intended to race with the team for the second straight year next season, according to a news report.

Nowhere kid steals the show

OCT 14th: As Formula One lurches from crisis to crisis, yesterday Takuma Sato proved that fairy stories still do come true. The Japanese driver came home fifth in his first outing at his home grand prix to earn his first points of the season and save his team's blushes by pushing Jordan from eighth to sixth in the final standings of the constructors' championship.

Villeneuve may take a CART break

OCT 12th: For months Jacques Villeneuve has insisted his racing future is in Formula One and that he will be racing for BAR in 2003.

McLaren take one-two in practice

OCT 11th: Finland's Kimi Raikkonen took the twisty Suzuka circuit by storm this morning, spearheading McLaren to a one-two with David Coulthard in practice for the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix.

Sato still in the frame for Jordan seat

Takuma Sato
Sato

OCT 11th: Jordan’s Takuma Sato has insisted he is still in the frame for a race seat with the team in 2003 and that his contract guarantees his place.

Irvine vows to race on

Eddie Irvine
Eddie Irvine

OCT 10th: Eddie Irvine insisted today that this weekend's season-ending Japanese Grand Prix would not be his last as a Formula One driver.

Schumcher to end season on a high

OCT 8th: Michael Schumacher intends to cap a record-breaking Formula One season by going flat out for victory in Sunday's final Japanese Grand Prix.

Jordan backs plan for weight penalties

OCT 7th: Eddie Jordan has welcomed proposals to introduce weight penalties for Formula One's most successful teams.



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