June 2002

30 June 2002 Ross Brawn has revelaed that, thanks to its dominance of the Championship in the 2002 season, the Ferrari team has already been able to start working on next year's contender.

30 June 2002 Niki Lauda, CEO of Premier Performance Division, the Ford department that Cosworth exists under, said that the Northampton-based engine manufacturer will only be able to supply a maximum of two teams next season and that they would prefer to keep it down to one team. Currently Coswort supplies Cr3 engines to Arrows and works engines to Jaguar. It is almost certain that Coswroth will supply engines to Jordan in 2003, leaving the possible second team as Arrows or Minardi.

28 June 2002 Juan Pablo Montoya has accused his team-mate Ralf Schumacher of bending the steering arm of his car when he passed him at the start of the European GP. The shunt completely wrecked the handling of Montoya's car. The Colombian said that if he hadn't been quick to move off the way both drivers would have been out of the race. After the GP he had a word with the team about the accident because team mates should look after each other.

28 June 2002 Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said that the arrival of Mediobanca as a shareholder of Ferrari has only delayed, not cancelled, the floatation of Ferrari on the stock market. He also said that he is proud of the fact that Ferrari can help Fiat overcome their financial problems.

28 June 2002 Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said that he has achieved the three objectives he had set out to reach when he returned to Maranello in 1991. He also made it clear that he has no intention of resigning form his position, but that he needs time to think things over.

28 June 2002 Toyota president Ove Andersson said that the decision whether to retain Allan McNish in 2003 has not been made yet. McNish has been consistently outperformed by team mate Mika Salo and paddock rumours have already linked Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jenson Button and Nick Heidfeld to a drive at Toyota next season.

27 June 2002 Michelin boss Pierre Dupasquier admitted that they made an error of judgement when they brought radical soft tyres to the European GP. The tyres performed well in qualifying, but wore out far too quickly during racing, so that Montoya's tyres were almost worn down to slick when he retired on lap 27. From now on Michelin will use more conservative compounds.

27 June 2002 The new Jaguar R3B has been secretly tested by Andre Lotterer at the Ford Motor Company’s Belgian Lommel test facility in the past two days, with positive results. The R3B will carry out some more tests in Barcelona.

27 June 2002 The FIA confirmed yesterday that the Head and Neck Support System (HANS) will be compulsory next season. HANS prevents violent movements of the head and neck in the event of an accident and is already widely used in other motorsport series, such as CART in the uS, but several Formula 1 drivers have found that it severly restricts movement inside the cockpit.

27 June 2002 Max Mosley said that the FIA does not know how to avoid events like the overtake of Barrichello by M. Schumacher under team orders because there are no rules against it. Mosley said that a working group will be set up to look at the issue and that a website will be launched to enable members of the public to put forwards their suggestions.

26 June 2002 The provisional calendar for the 2003 season has been released. The British GP returns to its usual place between the French and German GPs in mid July.

The provisional 2003 calendar:

March 9 Australia Melbourne March 23 Malaysia Sepang April 6 Brazil Interlagos April 20 San Marino Imola May 4 Spain Barcelona May 18 Austria A1 Ring June1 Monaco Montecarlo June 15 Canada Montreal June 29 GP of Europe Nurburgring July 6 France Magny-Cours July 20 Britain Silverstone August 3 Germany Hockenheim August 17 Hungary Hungaroring August 31 Belgium Spa-Francochamps September 14 Italy Monza September 28 USA Indianapolis October 12 Japan Suzuka

26 June 2002 Bernie Ecclestone has annunced that the FIA has decided to pay Minardi the 12 million euros to ensure the team's survival until the end of the 2002 season.

26 June 2002 McLaren has signed a new deal with Multi-national engineering specialist AMEC, that has become Services Partner to Paragon. Currently AMEC already has 350 staff working at the Paragon site, near McLaren's present headquarters. The Paragon site will open later this year and will take up the role of McLaren's new headquarters, as well as being the location for the production of the Mercedes-Benz SLR road car.

26 June 2002 Italian financial institution Mediobanca is rumoured to have bought 35% of Ferrari for an alleged 870 million euros. Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said thate he knows nothing about it. Fiat refused to comment.

26 June 2002 Ferrari's only comment about the fine for the Austrian GP events was made by Jean Todt, who said only that the team respects FIA's decision.

26 June 2002 The Ferrari team has been fined one million US dollars for the podium antics following the Austrian GP earlier this year. The team orders that caused such as an emotional response from the fans were deemed not to be against the regulations. No points penalties or disqualification from future GPs were given. Half of the fine is to be paid immediately and the rest deferred for one year.

26 June 2002 Ferrari will find out today what (if any) punishment the team will be handed by the FIA World Council for the Austria events. While team orders are allowed by the regulation, switching places on the podium is not. The decision is expected to be made public today around 11.00am to midday.

25 June 2002 Jaguar will use a revised version of their poor-performing R3 in the British GP. Driver Eddie Irvine has threatened to leave the team at the end of the season if the new R3, that comes with a revised aeordynamics package, does not live up to expectations. The new car is to be tested in Barcelona this week.

24 June 2002 Bernie Ecclestone said that the current races will be in the calendar next season, but that two or three new GPs will be included in the 2004 schedule. This means that two or three of existing GPs will lose their place. One of this could be Silverstone because of the state of the facility and the lack of investment from the British government. Countries that host two GPs, such as Italy and Germany, could lose one.

24 June 2002 Fernando ALonso looks almost certain to have a drive at Renault next season. The young Spaniard said that Flavio Briatore had told him at the start of the season to turn down all drive offers in 2002 and concentrate solely on his test work for Renault in view of a driver seat in 2003.

24 June 2002 Coulthard said that he is irritated with Montoya for the accident that took both drivers out of teh European GP. The Scot said that Montoya was aware that he ahd bold tyres and that he should have been more careful and know when it is a time to race and when it is not. Montoya, who apologised to Coulthard immediately after the event, said that he had been screaming at his team through the radio that he needed new tyres, but had been told to stay out.

23 June 2002 Coulthard dismissed rumours that he is set to leave the McLaren team. the Scot sees himself finishing his career at the Woking outfit.

23 June 2002 The best piece of racing of the European GP was right at the start, when Barrichello saw the opening and went past Montoya, who had been slow off the start, and R. Schumacher to take the lead. M. Schumacher did not lose any time to go past Montoya and by lap two he had gone past hos younger brother too to take second place. Back in the field Fisichella ran into the side of team mate Sato and both cars had to go back to the pits, but Fisichella's was too damaged and he retired. The two Ferrari, safely in front, went off to race their own GP, leaving the rest of the pack behind. M. Schumacher could even afford to make a mistake, spin, go for his first pit stop and still come out some 10 seconds ahead of thrid-placed R. Schumacher. The only other excitement came from Coulthard's attempt at overtaking Montoya, that ended when the Colombian lost control of his car, span and took the Scot out with him. The race was a continuous parade of the two red cars and the Ferrari team, remembering the reaction to the Austrian team orders, decided to let the two drivers go to the end in their positions. Barrichello scored his second GP win of his career ahead of team mate M. Schumacher and Räikkönen some 46 seconds behind. R. Schumacher, Button and Massa completed the points positions. The full race report is available from the Reports page.

The European GP finishing times:

1. BARRICHELLO Ferrari B in 1h35'07"426 2. M. SCHUMACHER Ferrari B +0"294 3. RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M +46"435 4. R. SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M +1'06"963 5. BUTTON Renault M +1'16"943 6. MASSA Sauber Ferrari B +1 lap 7. HEIDFELD Sauber Ferrari +1 lap 8. TRULLI Renault M +1 lap 9. PANIS BAR Honda B +1 lap 10. DE LA ROSA Jaguar Cosworth M +1 lap 11. BERNOLDI Arrows Cosworth B +1 lap 12. VILLENEUVE BAR Honda B +1 lap 13. FRENTZEN Arrows Cosworth B +1 lap 14. McNISH Toyota M +1 lap 15. WEBBER Minardi Asiatech M +2 laps 16. SATO Jordan Honda B +2 laps

22 June 2002 Williams decided to show that they mean business by taking the whole of the front grid row for the European GP, with Montoya in front of R. Schumacher. The second row of the grid will be all red, with M. Schumacher and Barrichello, while the third row will be occupied by the McLaren team, with Coulthard ahead of Räikkönen.

The European GP qualifying times:

1. MONTOYA Williams BMW M 1'29"906 (average 205.975 Km/h) 2. R. SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M 1'29"915 3. M. SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'30"035 4. BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'30"387 5. COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes M 1'30"550 6. RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'30"591 7. TRULLI Renault M 1'30"927 8. BUTTON Renault M 1'31"136 9. HEIDFELD Sauber Ferrari B 1'31"211 10. SALO Toyota M 1'31"389 11. MASSA Sauber Ferrari B 1'31"733 12. PANIS BAR Honda B 1'31"906 13. MCNISH Toyota M 1'31"941 14. SATO Jordan Honda B 1'31"999 15. FRENTZEN Arrows Cosworth B 1'32"144 16. DE LA ROSA Jaguar Cosworth M 1'32"281 17. IRVINE Jaguar Cosworth M 1'32"510 18. FISICHELLA Jordan Honda B 1'32"591 19. VILLENEUVE BAR Honda B 1'32"968 20. WEBBER Minardi Asiatech M 1'32"996 21. BERNOLDI Arrows Cosworth B 1'33"360 22. YOONG Minardi Asiatech M 1'34"251

21 June 2002 Coulthard leapfrogged M. Schumacher to set the fastest lap time in the second hour of Friday free practice for the European GP. Räikkönen on the second McLaren lapped in the third best time, beating Barrichello and the two WIlliams of Montoya and R. Schumacher.

The European GP Friday second free practice times:

1. D Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:31.886 (35 laps) 2. M Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:32.041 (38 laps) 3. K Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:32.298 (31 laps) 4. R Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:32.969 (39 laps) 5. JP Montoya BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:33.122 (35 laps) 6. R Schumacher BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:33.179 (39 laps) 7. J Trulli Renault (M) 1:33.526 (41 laps) 8. J Button Renault (M) 1:33.708 (46 laps) 9. M Salo Toyota (M) 1:33.715 (35 laps) 10. O Panis BAR-Honda (B) 1:33.921 (54 laps) 11. N Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:33.963 (45 laps) 12. T Sato Jordan-Honda (B) 1:34.136 (32 laps) 13. HH Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:34.315 (35 laps) 14. P de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:34.322 (46 laps) 15. J Villeneuve BAR-Honda (B) 1:34.522 (39 laps) 16. F Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:34.680 (50 laps) 17. G Fisichella Jordan-Honda (B) 1:34.755 (34 laps) 18. A McNish Toyota (M) 1:34.941 (38 laps) 19. E Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:35.260 (26 laps) 20. M Webber Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:35.372 (30 laps) 21. E Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:35.579 (41 laps) 22. A Yoong Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:37.503 (36 laps)

21 June 2002 Barrichello and M. Schumacher easily set the fastest times in the first European GP Friday free practice in front of Heidfeld, McNish, Massa and Coulthard. Light drizzle made an appearance halfway through the session and sent Bernoldi spinning. Sato, who seemed to have setup problems, stopped with a technical failure, while Webber's car had to be pushed back into the garage after his traction control system broke down while practicing starts.

The European GP Friday first free practice times:

1. R Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:33.665 (16 laps) 2. M Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:33.768 (15 laps) 3. N Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:34.924 (22 laps) 4. A McNish Toyota (M) 1:34.941 (19 laps) 5. F Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:34.982 (24 laps) 6. D Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:35.021 (15 laps) 7. HH Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:35.880 (18 laps) 08. G Fisichella Jordan-Honda (B) 1:35.921 (15 laps) 09. M Salo Toyota (M) 1:35.958 (16 laps) 10. JP Montoya BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:36.033 (20 laps) 11. O Panis BAR-Honda (B) 1:36.045 (27 laps) 12. J Trulli Renault (M) 1:36.054 (18 laps) 13. T Sato Jordan-Honda (B) 1:36.072 (12 laps) 14. R Schumacher BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:36.417 (21 laps) 15. J Button Renault (M) 1:36.520 (20 laps) 16. K Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:36.734 (9 laps) 17. J Villeneuve BAR-Honda (B) 1:37.047 (22 laps) 18. E Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:37.186 (12 laps) 19. P de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:37.329 (24 laps) 20. E Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:37.849 (20 laps) 21. M Webber Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:37.921 (16 laps) 22. A Yoong Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:39.659 (21 laps)

21 June 2002 New Fiat CEO Paolo Fresco said that Ferrari will be floated on the Milan Exchange in the last quarter of this year. No more than 35% of Ferrari will be offered for sale. The option of floating Ferrari on the New York Exchange too is currently being considered.

20 June 2002 Ferrari have developed an evolution of their engine that seems to be more powerful than the BMW used by Williams. The new engine is expected to debut at the British GP in just over two weks time.

20 June 2002 Cool and dry weather is expected throughout the weekend for the European GP. Such conditions favour teams on Bridgestone tyres, such as Ferrari.

20 June 2002 Norbert Haug suggested that, despite John Watson's comments, McLaren might keep the same drivers next year. Haug said that the the issue of replacing drivers has not been discussed.

20 June 2002 It appears that Paul Stoddart has won his pledge to be given the bankrupt Prost team's money (12 million dollars). The issue was discussed yesterday and unofficial reports suggest that the majority of team bosses voted for the money to be allocated to Minardi and that Ecclestone has instructed the FIA to transfer the money this week. Minardi will be given four quarterly instalments but first Stoddart will have to repay a 9 million dollars loan that he had received from Ecclestone at the start of the season. Stoddart has allegedly already strated negotiating with FIA to try and get the money as a lump sum to secure the team's short-term stability.

20 June 2002 The organisers of the European GP have decided to reschedule the Saturday free practice and qualifying sessions to avoid clashing with the World Cup fixtures. The Saturday morning free practice sessions have been moved forward with the third free to start at 8:15am instead of 9:00am and the fourth free to start at 9:30am. The Saturday afternoon one-hour qualifying session has been moved from the customary 1:00pm start to 12:15pm. Friday's free practice and Sunday’s practice and race times are unaffected.

19 June 2002 The Sauber team said that they expect to continue the engine deal with Ferrari next year. The Sauber-Ferrari deal involves the Swiss team using the Ferrari V10 engines from the previous season.

19 June 2002 BAR boss David Richards has hinted that former World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, who is contracted to the team until the end of 2003, will be asked to take a pay cut next season. Villeneuve is the second best paid Formula 1 driver after M. Schumacher and his wages (estimated at 14 million dollars a year) are draining the budget of the BAR team, preventing vital car development work from being carried out.

19 June 2002 A spokesperson for Cosworth told Global Motorsport Media that Cosworth could "easily" provide engines to a third Formula 1 team, suggesting that they might provide angines to Jordan next season. The Jordan team is set to lose their current Honda engine deal nezxt year because Honda wants to concentrate on only one team, BAR.

18 June 2002 Renault will use a new Traction Control sistem in the European GP. The new system is supposed to give the team an advantage in tacking the new layout of the circuit, with a new hairpin and new turns.

18 June 2002 DaimlerChrysler board member Juergen Hubbert is the new Chairman of GPWC, the company set up by the car manufacturers to establish a parallel Championship to Formula 1. Hubbert replaces Paolo Cantarella, who resigned from his positions as Chairman of FIAT and GPWC Principal last week. Hubbert's appointment has immediate effect.

17 June 2002 Mark Webber will test for Jaguar in Spain on 28 June. A Jaguar spokeperson said taht the team is only exploring possibilities for next year and that they do not intend to change their existing driver line-up for the current season.

17 June 2002 A source at Reuters has claimed that both Ecclestone and Mosley support Minardi's pledge to get the Prost expense money. They need the majority vote of the principals of the other teams before they are allowed to make the deicision. McLaren’s Ron Dennis and Arrows’ Tom Walkinshaw disagree with the move and believe that the money should be equally distributed amongst all the teams.

17 June 2002 The FIA have approved the new access road built for Silverstone, lifting the threat of removing the British GP from the calendar.

17 June 2002 Former F1 driver John Watson, who scored four GP wins for McLaren, said that he has been told that David Coulthard will not be with the team in 2003. His advice to the Scot is to try and get a drive at Toyota, a team that, in his opinion, is likely to perform well next season.

16 June 2002 Professor Sidney Watkins, who has been involved with Formula 1 for the last 24 years, has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to Grand Prix racing and Motorsport. Professor Watkins has acted as FIA's as Chief Medical Officer and has pioneered major improvements in on-site medical facilities at all circuits. Eight years ago he was also appointed Chairman of the FIA’s Expert Advisory Safety Committee. Outside of Formula One Professor Watkins has established the Brain and Spine foundation. His research work has led to major improvements in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, intractable pain and cerebral palsy.

15 June 2002 Toyota Team Manager Ange Pasquali has denied the rumour that Mark Webber will drive for the team next season and said that no decisions have yet been made about the 2003 line-up. Webber had had a meeting with Toyota President Ove Andersson in Canada earlier this week.

15 June 2002 Honda will introduce the new V10 engine at the European GP. The Honda engineers do not want the new engine used in race conditions yet, but the engine will be available to BAR and Jordan for practice and qualifying.

15 June 2002 Malaysian gaming giant Magnum Corporation Behad has confirmed that they will honour thei sponsorship deal with Minardi Asiatech, despite the financial trouble the team is going through. Magnum, which was instrumental in giving Alex Yoong the chance of being the first MAlaysian driver in Formula 1, said that the company will stand by Minardi all the way because of the importance of Yoong's has for Malaysia as a nation.

14 June 2002 Patrick Head said that the Williams team is not planning to introduce a new chassis later this season. There have been paddock rumours that Williams was planning a new FW24B chassis in a bid to catch up Ferrari. The existing FW24 has been openly criticised by both R. Schumacher and Montoya from the very beginning, saying that it was not enough of a progression from last year's FW23.

14 June 2002 Minardi have put their F3000 team up for sale in a bid to ensure that it survives and to bring in much needed cash for the Formula 1 team. Paul Stoddart said that he hopes to be able to confirm the short-term future of the team at the European GP.

13 June 2002 Tom Walkinshaw has presented a document signed by four other team bosses proposing that travel money formerly allocated to bankrupt team Prost is shared equally amongst the rest of the teams. Minardi's boss Paul Stoddart has been claiming that his team is entitled to the whole amount because Prost's disappearance as a team means that Minardi is automatically promoted to the position in the top ten formerly occupied by Prost Grand Prix. Stoddart is allegedly considering taking legal action using restriction of trade law against those team owners who are preventing Minardi from being allocated Prost’s travel money.

13 June 2002 Honda is allegedly about to start negotiating with Jordan over a severance settlement, so that they can concentrate on supplying engines only to BAR next year. Honda, who unveiled a three-year partnership with BAR at the end of last year, have refused to confirm the news.

13 June 2002 Taurus Holding (Kirch's holding firm) and Kirch Beteiligung (Kirch's investment arm) have filed for insolvency with a court in Munich. Kirch's 75% share of SLEC is now in the hands of the administrator and Kirch’s creditor banks, who intend to sell it. ACEA, the European carmaker consortium, is now expected to make a bid for it and, if they get it, the threatened rival championship will be extremely unlikely to become a reality.

13 June 2002 The FIA has firmly dismissed the news published by Auto Motor und Sport that the decision to strip M. Schumacher of his win in Austria has alredy been made. A FIA spokeperson said that no "FIA insider" could have said anything like that because the whole issue will not be discussed until June the 26th during the World Congress meeting.

12 June 2002 British magazine Motorsport News has reported that Montoya's contract at Williams has been extended until the end of 2004. An official announcement is expected at the European GP. Montoya's stay at Williams almost certainly means that Button, who has a long-term contract with WIlliams, will stay loaned to Renault.

12 June 2002 Adrian Newey told Italian magazine Autosprint that he is going to remove imself completely from core design responsibilities at McLaren. His new main role will be to oversee the restructuring of McLaren’s technical department. Arrows Technical Director Mike Coughlan, who is currently on gardening leave, is to join McLaren shortly in a senior design and development role.

12 June 2002 According to German paper Bild, the FIA has already decided to strip M. Schumacher of his Austrian GP victory and give it to Rubens Barrichello. Bild quotes Auto, motor und sport, that claims that the source of the news is the FIA itself.

11 June 2002 Paolo Cantarella has left his position as CEO of debt-stricken Fiat. Canatrella is one of the major figures behind the car manufacturers' attempt at getting more of Formula 1's commercial rights. He also is behind the threat of creating a rival series to Formula 1. His place has been taken by former General Electric Vice-Chairman Paolo Fresco. A statement released by Fiat this morning says that Cantarella met Gianni Agnelli and informed him of his decision to leave his position. Cantarella said that he took the decision to leave so that the shareholders can put into place measures to try and save the company.

9 June 2002 M. Schumacher brought home the 150th victory for Ferrari today in Canada. Coulthard saw off Barrichello's attempts on his position to finish second. Räikkönen, Fisichella and Trulli all fiunished in the points. Montoya was yet again denied a finish by a blown engine in the final stages of the race while he was in second place and gaining on M. Schumacher. Local hero Villeneuve was the first driver to retire, when his new-look BAR unceremoniously let him down after barely 20 laps.

The Canadian GP finishing times:

1. M. SCHUMACHER Ferrari B in 1h33'36"111 (average 195.682 Km/h) 2. COULTHARD McLaren-Mercedes M +1"132 3. BARRICHELLO Ferrari B +7"082 4. RAIKKONEN McLaren-Mercedes M +37"563 5. FISICHELLA Jordan-Honda B +42"812 6. TRULLI Renault M +48"947 7. R. SCHUMACHER Williams-BMW M +51"518 8. PANIS Bar-Honda B +1 lap 9. MASSA Sauber-Ferrari B +1 lap 10. SATO Jordan-Honda B +1 lap 11. WEBBER Minardi-Asiatech M +1 lap 12. HEIDFELD Sauber-Ferrari +1 lap 13. FRENTZEN Arrows-Cosworth B +1 lap 14. YOONG Minardi-Asiatech M +2 laps 15. BUTTON Renault M +5 laps

9 June 2002 Ferrari dominated the free practice session ahead of tha Canadian GP. Pole sitter Montoya only had the 9th time.

The Canadian GP pre-race free session times:

1. M Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:16.780 (17 laps) 2. R Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:16.837 (14 laps) 3. R Schumacher BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:17.487 (09 laps) 4. D Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:17.941 (11 laps) 5. E Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:18.013 (15 laps) 6. J Trulli Renault (M) 1:18.028 (12 laps) 7. P de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:18.151 (14 laps) 8. O Panis BAR-Honda (B) 1:18.206 (12 laps) 9. JP Montoya BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:18.304 (15 laps) 10. F Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:18.478 (10 laps) 11. E Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:18.483 (14 laps) 12. HH Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:18.494 (14 laps) 13. G Fisichella Jordan-Honda (B) 1:18.597 (19 laps) 14. K Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:18.657 (14 laps) 15. N Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:18.666 (14 laps) 16. M Salo Toyota (M) 1:18.746 (14 laps) 17. A McNish Toyota (M) 1:18.816 (12 laps) 18. J Button Renault (M) 1:18.959 (9 laps) 19. J Villeneuve BAR-Honda (B) 1:19.341 (14 laps) 20. T Sato Jordan-Honda (B) 1:19.430 (16 laps) 21. M Webber Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:19.696 (12 laps) 22. A Yoong Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:20.222 (13 laps)

8 June 2002 Montoya took pole position for the Canadian GP, in front of M. Schumacher, Barrichello, R. Schumacher, Räikkönen and Fisichella.

The Canadian GP qualifying session times:

1. JP Montoya (M) 1:12.836 (11 laps) 2. M Schumacher (B) 1:13.018 (11 laps) 3. R Barrichello (B) 1:13.280 (11 laps) 4. R Schumacher (M) 1:13.301 (12 laps) 5. K Raikkonen (M) 1:13.898 (12 laps) 6. G Fisichella (B) 1:14.132 (12 laps) 7. N Heidfeld (B) 1:14.139 (11 laps) 8. D Coulthard (M) 1:14.385 (11 laps) 9. J Villeneuve (B) 1:14.564 (10 laps) 10. J Trulli (M) 1:14.688 (10 laps) 11. O Panis (B) 1:14.713 (12 laps) 12. F Massa (B) 1:14.823 (11 laps) 13. J Button (M) 1:14.854 (12 laps) 14. E Irvine (M) 1:14.882 (6 laps) 15. T Sato (B) 1:14.940 (9 laps) 16. P de la Rosa (M) 1:15.089 (12 laps) 17. E Bernoldi (B) 1:15.102 (12 laps) 18. M Salo (M) 1:15.111 (10 laps) 19. HH Frentzen (B) 1:15.115 (11 laps) 20. A McNish (M) 1:15.321 (11 laps) 21. M Webber (M) 1:15.508 (11 laps) 22. A Yoong (M) 1:17.347 (10 laps)

8 June 2002 Despite Williams' performance and the recent McLaren resurgence, M. Schumacher topped the second hour of Saturday free practice for the Canadian GP. The German clocked the fastest time in front of Montoya. Barrichello had been lapping fast but went straight into the wall after nine laps, damaging his front suspensions. His time was nonetheless good enough to place him in third place in front of Räikkönen, R. Schumacher and Coulthard.

The Canadian GP Saturday combined free practice session times:

1. M Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:13.395 (34 laps) 2. JP Montoya BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:13.646 (30 laps) 3. R Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:14.243 (16 laps) 4. K Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:14.345 (28 laps) 5. R Schumacher BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:14.399 (24 laps) 6. D Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:14.720 (31 laps) 7. F Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:14.777 (20 laps) 8. N Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:14.791 (27 laps) 9. J Villeneuve BAR-Honda (B) 1:14.843 (26 laps) 10. G Fisichella Jordan-Honda (B) 1:14.973 (35 laps) 11. HH Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:15.018 (36 laps) 12. O Panis BAR-Honda (B) 1:15.057 (26 laps) 13. P de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:15.208 (20 laps) 14. E Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:15.326 (33 laps) 15. J Trulli Renault (M) 1:15.344 (29 laps) 16. J Button Renault (M) 1:15.426 (28 laps) 17. M Salo Toyota (M) 1:15.584 (27 laps) 18. T Sato Jordan-Honda (B) 1:15.791 (39 laps) 19. A McNish Toyota (M) 1:15.918 (35 laps) 20. M Webber Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:16.143 (30 laps) 21. E Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:16.267 (34 laps) 22. A Yoong Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:17.005 (32 laps)

8 June 2002 M. Schumacher was not going to let himself be intimidated by Coulthard's and Montoya's performance of yesterday. The German topped the first hour of Saturday free practice in Canada in the last minute, having spent most of the session in the bottom end of the times table. Montoya managed to hang to the second best time, keeping team mate R. Schumacher in third place. Barrichello settled for the fourth best time in front of Räikkönen and Frentzen. Coulthard drove untidily and was all the way down to 9th.

The Canadian GP Saturday first free practice session times:

1. M Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:14.509 (20 laps) 2. JP Montoya BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:14.626 (14 laps) 3. R Schumacher BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:14.707 (09 laps) 4. R Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:14.788 (10 laps) 5. K Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:15.076 (13 laps) 6. HH Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:15.172 (11 laps) 7. O Panis BAR-Honda (B) 1:15.277 (16 laps) 8. F Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:15.308 (08 laps) 9. D Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:15.379 (13 laps) 10. J Villeneuve BAR-Honda (B) 1:15.541 (13 laps) 11. N Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:15.635 (12 laps) 12. G Fisichella Jordan-Honda (B) 1:15.679 (15 laps) 13. J Trulli Renault (M) 1:15.716 (11 laps) 14. A McNish Toyota (M) 1:15.918 (18 laps) 15. E Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:16.003 (15 laps) 16. M Salo Toyota (M) 1:16.174 (11 laps) 17. J Button Renault (M) 1:16.321 (12 laps) 18. P de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:16.590 (12 laps) 19. T Sato Jordan-Honda (B) 1:16.826 (18 laps) 20. E Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:16.921 (12 laps) 21. M Webber Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:17.865 (14 laps) 22. A Yoong Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:17.960 (17 laps)

7 June 2002 Coulthard was keen to prove that his Monaco victory two weeks ago was not a fluke. The Scot broke Ferrari's domination by clocking the fastest lap time in the second hour of Friday free practice for the Canadian GP, faster than last year's pole time. Montoya followed, relegating M. Schumacher to third place just ahead of Räikkönen, R. Schuamcher and Salo. Barrichello, who had stolen fastest time at the last secnd in the first hour, was only eighth.

The Canadian GP Friday combined free practice session times:

1. COULTHARD McLaren-Mercedes M 1'15"407 (average 208.198 Km/h) 2. MONTOYA Williams-BMW M 1'15"543 3. M. SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'15"788 4. RAIKKONEN McLaren-Mercedes M 1'15"946 5. R. SCHUMACHER Williams-BMW M 1'16"018 6. SALO Toyota M 1'16"259 7. PANIS Bar-Honda B 1'16"333 8. BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'16"440 9. VILLENEUVE Bar-Honda B 1'16"448 10. FRENTZEN Arrows-Cosworth B 1'16"793 11. DE LA ROSA Jaguar-Cosworth M 1'16"801 12. FISICHELLA Jordan-Honda B 1'16"989 13. BERNOLDI Arrows-Cosworth B 1'17"018 14. HEIDFELD Sauber-Ferrari B 1'17"250 15. BUTTON Renault M 1'17"473 16. MASSA Sauber-Ferrari B 1'17"489 17. IRVINE Jaguar-Cosworth M 1'17"765 18. WEBBER Minardi-Asiatech M 1'18"034 19. SATO Jordan-Honda B 1'18"143 20. MCNISH Toyota M 1'18"311 21. TRULLI Renault M 1'18"465 22. YOONG Minardi-Asiatech M 1'19"050

7 June 2002 Barrichello stormed in to put in the fastest time in the first Canadian GP Friday free practice session, after team mate M. Schumacher damaged his suspensions by hitting the wall at the last corner. Fisichella put in an impressive third fastest time, followed by Coulthard, Räikkönen and Frentzen.

The Canadian GP Friday first free practice session times:

1. R Barrichello Ferrari (B) 1:16.930 (16 laps) 2. M Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:16.991 (14 laps) 3. G Fisichella Jordan-Honda (B) 1:17.840 (15 laps) 4. D Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:18.156 (17 laps) 5. K Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:18.203 (19 laps) 6. HH Frentzen Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:18.340 (18 laps) 7. O Panis BAR-Honda (B) 1:18.349 (25 laps) 8. F Massa Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:18.426 (30 laps) 9. JP Montoya BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:18.437 (20 laps) 10. P de la Rosa Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:18.461 (22 laps) 11. J Trulli Renault (M) 1:18.465 (16 laps) 12. E Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth (M) 1:18.581 (25 laps) 13. N Heidfeld Sauber-Petronas (B) 1:18.799 (25 laps) 14. J Button Renault (M) 1:18.867 (7 laps) 15. M Salo Toyota (M) 1:19.110 (17 laps) 16. R Schumacher BMW.WilliamsF1 (M) 1:19.193 (23 laps) 17. E Bernoldi Arrows-Cosworth (B) 1:19.243 (10 laps) 18. J Villeneuve BAR-Honda (B) 1:19.437 (26 laps) 19. M Webber Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:19.716 (23 laps) 20. A McNish Toyota (M) 1:19.903 (25 laps) 21. T Sato Jordan-Honda (B) 1:20.507 (15 laps) 22. A Yoong Minardi-Asiatech (M) 1:21.678 (25 laps)

7 June 2002 Arrows boss Tom Walkinshaw said that he has financially secured the future of his team, dispelling rumours that a serious cash shortage coukld force it out of the 2002 season before its end. Walkinshaw has done a deal with new investors, apparently including former BAR boss Craig Pollock, who have taken a stake in the team. A major new sponsorship deal has been lined up to replace the Orange mobile deal that expires at the end of this season.

6 June 2002 The Italian Consumers Association, Codacons, has lost the court case they had brought on behalf of those who had placed bets on the outcome of the Austrian GP. Codacons argued that the result fixing had damaged those who had placed bets, but their complaint was thrown out by the judges.

5 June 2002 Bernie Ecclestone believes that Villeneuve has forfeit his chances of ever driving for a big team again by going after the cash. Villeneuve's contract staes that he is to be paid 25% of BAR's budget as salary every year, making him the highest paid Formula 1 driver after M. Schumacher. The BAR management has said in the past that the money paid out to Villeneuve would be better spent improving the car.

5 June 2002 Gerhard Berger believes that Williams is strong enough to beat Ferrari in Canada. The Austrian thinks that it was just the tyres that made a difference and that maybe Ferrari is not as strong as it looks.

5 June 2002 Slovakian Jirko Malcharek is cash-strapped Minardi's new test driver. The 35-year-old has raced in touring cars, the Porsche Supercup and the FIA GT championship, but has never been one of the top drivers. He will concentrate on aerodynamic work.

4 June 2002 Honda has decided not to give Jordan and BAR the new evolution engine for the Canadian GP. The two teams were scheduled to receive the new engine, but Honda decided that they need more track time to fully test it.

4 June 2002 Jaques Villeneuve would like the chance to drive for a big team again, such as Ferrari. If the offer came, he said, he would take it, but not until M. Schumacher leaves the team.

3 June 2002 Cool, cloudy and dry weather is expected in Montreal throughout the GP weekend.

1 June 2002 Jaguar Racing will carry the logo of HRH Queen Elisabeth II on their cars for the rest of the season as a mark of celebration for her Golden Jubilee.

Last updated on by Federica Massagrande