In Great Britain who does the work of fire protection during a F1 race?
And during minor races (F3, TOCA…)?

Professional people, or volunteers?

Magic

Two friends will unfortunately not be able to use their excellent
tickets for the upcoming race.  I am selling them for cost plus FedEx
shipping.  See:
http://www.zircondesigns.com/F1Tix.jpg
for a picture of the tickets.

Email me at jch…@mindspring.com if you are interested.

John Huntington

p.s. You will be sitting right next to me!

Some more news about what is happening with the enquiry into the Monza
accident. I’d like the people with very own ideas about Italian law to
notice the part where it says that nobody is currently being
investigated (or blamed, for that matter). For the record, under
Italian law you cannot carry out an autopsy unless it is part of an
enquiry.

>From GdS:

The autopsy carried out on the body of Paolo Gislimberti has determined
that he died of cardiac arrest caused by skull trauma. It appears that
the fire marshall tried to turn to his left to avoid the wheel. The
magistrates have confirmed that nobody is currently being investigated
and that they expect the enquiry to be a long one. The questions for
the technical experts are currently being prepared.

–
Federica Massagrande – Webmistress of FedeF1
f…@dont.spam.me.com (dont.spam.me := fedef1)
http://www.fedef1.com/

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Before you buy.

At Hockenheim Coulthard did 360.5 km/h (source: L’Automobile
Magazine, which I don’t have here at the moment, so this is
from memory).

At Monza, the top speed during the race was 357.x km/h done
by Verstappen (source: the TV coverage and also the info page
in the Portuguese Autosport). During qualifying the speeds
were quite a bit slower (337.x km/h, I think), probably due
to an higher downforce setup.

Anyway, neither of these two values beat last year’s record
when Coulthard did 361.8 km/h at Monza.

        http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/f1/top_speed.html

–
http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/f1/  an half-tifoso until Canada 2000
        Mark Sandman – Morphine, RIP (1952-1999/07/03, Italy)
.pt is Portugal| `Whom the gods love die young’-Menander (342-292 BC)
        Europe |    Villeneuve 50-82, Toivonen 56-86, Senna 60-94

Italian main television network, RAI, showed today an amateur video.
The marshall was hit by Frentzen’s wheel, he really had no time to have a
reaction

Magic

I was pleased to see Wurz score his first points of the season. I
thought he drove quite well at Monza. He seemed to fight hard for his
position on the track (especially against Zonta). I realise that his
final position was helped by the retirement of several front runners,
but you have to take advantage of such situations.

Has there been any news on whether or not he will be driving next year?

Craig.
—
"Life is a ride, like days on a train.
Cities rush by, like ghosts in the night.
The rhythm of wheels. Time fades away.
Stations of a journey,
destination………unknown."   Yello.

>I have just e-mailed Tara TV so I’ll post any response here. I have a
>feeling that I’ll end up watching the delayed ‘as live’ coverage, just
>making sure I avoid all forms of communication and news in case some fool
>lets slip the result.

Yeah, the usual trick with ITV is to have the news beforehand with the main headline showing the winner or the incident of the race. Unfortunately, I will have to suffer the torment of wearing dark glasses, earmuffs and lock myself in the understairs cupboard for most of the day as I only have access to "council telly".

Ever fancied owning a chequered flag? now you can. This was published
yesterday and bidding has already started, but the auction ends on 10
September at 12:00, so there still is plenty of time.

The chequered flag to be used in the Italian GP will be auctioned,
after having signed by all the drivers, and the money raised will be
given to a Monza charity caring for people with terminal cancer. The
online auction is being held by the http://www.qxl.it site.

–
Federica Massagrande – Webmistress of FedeF1
f…@dont.spam.me.com (dont.spam.me := fedef1)
http://www.fedef1.com/

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Before you buy.

 In this weeks Autosport:

 Why did the chicken cross the road ?

 Michael Schumacher: ‘The chicken is allowed to move over, that is clearly
within the rules’

 Mika Hakkinen: ‘I don’t know’…….Long pause, vacant look..’Perhaps you
should ask the chicken’

 Ron Dennis:’The objective of the poultry individual in this situation is to
work to the ultimate goal of road crossing. We would refuse to compromise
until a safe chicken arrival scenario had been successfully achieved’

 Jacques Villeneuve: ‘The chicken wanted to cross the road, the bird knew
the
risks’

 Rob

Jaguar Racing signs Burti for 2001

Brazilian test driver to race alongside Eddie Irvine next season

Luciano Burti will drive for Jaguar Racing in 2001
Jaguar Racing has signed 25-year-old Brazilian Luciano Burti to partner
Eddie Irvine in the 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship season.

Burti is elevated to race team duties after serving as the team’s official
test driver during the 2000 season. During the course of an eventful year,
Burti stood in at the Austrian Grand Prix after Irvine was forced to miss
the race through illness. Burti finished 11th – a creditable performance on
his Formula One debut.

Commenting on the prospect of competing in Formula One next season, Burti
said: "Securing a Formula One drive is what I have been working at since I
first began karting at the age of 16. I am thrilled that it has finally
happened but the most important thing for me now is to seize the opportunity
I have been given and focus on making a contribution to the success of the
team.

"I feel privileged to be starting my Formula One career with Jaguar Racing.
Jaguar is such an emotional marque, it has a proud motor racing history and
now I have the chance to play a part in an exciting new era in motor sport
for Jaguar.

"I know the team pretty well. I have worked with a number of the guys in
Formula Three and have got to know the Formula One team in testing this
year, so I already feel part of the family. They are a group of ambitious,
committed people who are in Formula One to succeed. We want to grow together
as a company and as a team to the point where we are winning regularly and
challenging for the world championship – that’s our ultimate goal.

"I’m looking forward to working with Eddie. Besides being a lively
character, he has a load of experience. He has won races and finished second
in the World Championship. I have tested with him this season and learned a
lot. Together we can take Jaguar Racing to the next stage of its
development."

Neil Ressler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Racing, was
delighted to welcome Burti to the fold. "Luciano is a very confident,
competent young man, which he proved in Austria when he stood in for Eddie
at very short notice," he said.

"He has contributed greatly to the development of the team this season in
his role as test driver and we have rewarded him accordingly. Signing him to
partner Eddie brings continuity to Jaguar Racing because he knows the car as
well as anyone and he is integrated into the team.

"He is an exciting prospect with the ability to make his mark in Formula One
next season. Of all the available options we had, I believe Luciano has the
most potential of the young breed coming through. I have every confidence
that he will form a formidable partnership with Eddie as we continue to work
at improving our competitiveness in 2001 and beyond."

Born in Sao Paulo, Burti won the 1994 South American Kart Championship title
and was crowned Sao Paulo Champion in 1995.

In 1996 he finished third in the Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship. The
following year he won the Formula Vauxhall Championship for Paul Stewart
Racing with four wins and five pole positions. He graduated to Stewart
Racing’s British Formula Three team in 1998 finishing third in the
championship with two wins and three poles.

With five wins and 14 podium finishes in 16 races, he was second in the 1999
British Formula Three Championship.

He combined his racing commitments with testing duties for Stewart-Ford in
1999. He was the official test driver for Jaguar Racing during the 2000
season and made his F1 debut when he stood in for Irvine at the Austrian
Grand Prix.

© Jaguar Racing/www.jaguar-racing.com