JACQUES LAFFITE'S WINS HE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 21, 1943 IN FRANCE. HE WON 6 RACES OUT OF 176 STARTS. THE FOLLOWING RACES HE WON WERE: SWEDISH GRAND PRIX IN 1977 DRIVING A LIGIER, THE ARGENTINE GRAND PRIX IN 1979 DRIVING A LIGIER, THE BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1979 DRIVING A LIGIER, THE GERMAN GRAND PRIX IN 1980 DRIVING A LIGIER, THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1981 DRIVING A LIGIER AND THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1981 DRIVING A LIGIER. HE STARTED IN FORMULA ONE AS AN UN-PAID MECHANIC FOR DRIVER JEAN-PIERRE JABOUILLE IN HIS EARLIER YEARS. THEY BOTH MARRIED TWO SISTERS AND BECAME RELATED. LAFFITE BROKE BOTH LEGS AFTER THE START OF THE 1986 BRITISH GRAND PRIX AT BRANDS HATCH DRIVING A LIGIER. HELMUT KOINIGG DROVE IN 2 GRANDS PRIX WITH A 10TH PLACE FINISH AT MOSPORT PARK IN 1974 IN THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX. AT THE 2ND RACE OF HIS CAREER, HE WAS KILLED AT WATKINS GLEN WHEN HIS SLOW PUNCUTER CAUSED HIS CAR TO GO OUT OF CONTROL AND SLIDE BENEATH INSECURLEY MOUNTED GUARD RAILS ON OCTOBER 06, 1974. HE WAS A MONTH SHY OF HIS 26TH BIRTHDAY. MIKA HAKKINEN'S LUCKY ("0") STREAK MIKA HAKKINEN'S 1998 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CAME EXACTLY 1,000 DAYS AFTER HIS RETURN TO F1 FROM HIS CRASH IN ADELAIDE. HE SCORED 100 POINTS IN 1998. HE ALSO WON 8 RACES IN 98'. TIM SCHENKEN DROVE IN 33 GRANDS PRIX FROM 1970-1973 WITH HIS LAST RACE AT MOSPORT PARK IN THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX WITH TEAM WILLIAMS IN 1973. HE LATER BECAME CLERK OF THE COURSE FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX AT ADELAIDE. HE WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1942 IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. MIKE HAWTHORN'S LAST WORDS AFTER HIS CRASH AT 11:15 A.M. HE SAID - "CHEER UP". 59 MINUTES AT 12:14 P.M. HE WAS DEAD. TONY BROOKS COMMENTED THAT HE THOUGHT WHOEVER WINS THE MOST GRANDS PRIX IN A SINGLE SEASON SHOULD BE THE WORLD CHAMPION. EVEN IN HIS DRIVING DAY HE SAID, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME. GRAHAM HILL'S RECORD STILL HELD HE WAS THE ONLY DRIVER IN F1 HISTORY TO HAVE WON THE INDIANAPOLIS 500, LeMANS, AND THE F1 WORLD DRIVERS TITLE CHAMPIONSHIP. SUPERTECH AND FLAVIO BRIATORE SUPER PERFORMANCE COMPETITION ENGINEERING'S DIVISION CALLED SUPERTECH IS RUN BY FLAVIO BRIATORE. THEY WILL IN 1999, COMMISSION MECACHROME TO ASSEMBLE ALL NEW ENGINES TO BE DEVELOPED BY RENAULT 100%. TABARD A TABARD IS A SPECIAL PASS THAT GETS YOU "ANYWHERE" AROUND THE F1 CIRCUIT ON THAT PARTICULAR WEEKEND ISSUED. ARROWS A19 (1998) THE CAR WAS ENTIRELY METRIC INCLUDING NUTS, BOLTS AND EVEN WASHERS. IT ALSO HAD A CARBON GEARBOX. NAZIR HOOSEIN WAS BORN IN BOMBAY, INDIA IN 1940. HE WON THE 1979 INDIAN CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVING A BRABHAM BT26. HE WAS A PERMANENT RACE STEWARD AT SILVERSTONE FROM 1996 UP TO THE 1998 SILVERSTONE RACE IN WHICH HE IMPOSED A 10-SECOND STOP-GO PENALTY ON MICHAEL SCHUMACHER. HE WAS SUSPENDED FOR HIS DECISION. NAKANO AND TUERO'S HOME IN 1998 SHINJI NAKANO AND ESEBAN TUERO LIVE IN A 4-STAR HOTEL ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF FAENZA, WHICH IS 5 MINUTES FROM MINARDI'S TEAM BASE. BOTH THEIR ROOMS ARE LEASED ANNUALLY AT THE HOTEL CAVALLINO. THE SCHECKTER BROTHERS IAN WAS BORN ON AUGUST 22, 1947 IN EAST LONDON. JODY WAS BORN JANUARY 29, 1950 ALSO IN EAST LONDON. IAN DROVE IN 18 GRANDS PRIX WITH VERY LITTLE SUCCESS. JODY DROVE IN 112 GRANDS PRIX AND WON 10 RACES. 14 2ND PLACE FINISHES. 9 3RD PLACE FINISHES. HE ALSO HAD 3 POLE POSITIONS. HE WAS ALSO WORLD CHAMPION IN 1979 DRIVING A FERRARI FLAT-12 ENGINED 312T4. THAT YEAR HE HAD WON MONACO, BELGIUM AND ITALY. JORDAN RESULTS 1991 - 1998 1991 = 5TH OVERALL WITH 13 POINTS. 1992 = 11TH OVERALL WITH 1 POINT. 1993 = 10TH OVERALL WITH 3 POINTS. 1994 = 5TH OVERALL WITH 28 POINTS. 1995 = 6TH OVERALL WITH 21 POINTS. 1996 = 5TH OVERALL WITH 22 POINTS. 1997 = 5TH OVERALL WITH 33 POINTS. 1998 = 4TH OVERALL WITH 34 POINTS. 155 POINTS IN THEIR 8 YEARS IN F1 RACING. JOHN MIKE HAWTHORN WAS BORN ON APRIL 10, 1926 IN MEXBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. HE DROVE IN 45 GRANDS PRIX AND WON 3, CAME 2ND 9 TIMES, CAME 3RD 7 TIMES AND HAD 4 POLE POSITIONS IN HIS F1 CAREER. HE WAS WORLD CHAMPION IN 1958 IN A FERRARI. HE OBTAINED 49 POINTS IN HIS CAREER. HE WAS DRIVING IN LeMANS AND WAS THE CAR THAT DRIVER PIERRE LEVEGH HIT DRIVING HIS MERCEDES SLR AND WAS LAUNCHED INTO THE CROWD KILLING HIMSELF AND OVER 80 SPECTATORS IN 1955. MIKE HAWTHORN HIMSELF, DIED ON JANUARY 22, 1959 IN GUILDFORD DRIVING HIS JAGUAR 3.4 SALOON CAR ON THE GUILDFORD BYPASS IN THE RAIN. HE WAS RACING BESIDE F1 TEAM OWNER ROB WALKER'S MERCEDES 300SL, ALMOST THE EXACT SAME CAR THAT HE TOUCHED IN LeMANS 4 YEARS EARLIER. GERARD LARROUSSE WAS BORN ON MAY 23, 1940 IN LYON, FRANCE. HE DROVE IN ONLY 1 GRAND PRIX IN THE 1964 BELGIUM GRAND PRIX IN A BRETSCHER TEAM BRABHAM BT42. HE WON THE 1973 AND 1974 LeMANS DRIVING FOR MATRA. HE STARTED HIS OWN F1 TEAM IN 1987 AFTER BEING THE COMPETITIONS CHIEF FOR RENAULT AND LIGIER. PROST-PEUGEOT'S BEST QUALIFYING FOR 1998 BOTH APO1'S WERE IN THE TOP 10. 1938 - 1998 (60 YEAR WAIT) MERCEDES' WIN AT THE GERMAN GRAND PRIX IN 1998 WAS THE FIRST 1-2 VICTORY ON HOME SOIL FOR MERCEDES SINCE DICK SEAMAN WON FOR MERCEDES IN 1938 WINNING THE GERMAN GRAND PRIX AT THE OLD NURBURGRING CIRCUIT. MERCEDES HAD A 1-2-3-4 GRID START IN 1938. THE ELECTRIC TRAFFIC LIGHT START FAILED AND THE GREEN LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. THE DRIVERS COUNTED THEMSELVES DOWN INTO THE RACE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A BRITISH DRIVER WON A GERMAN GRAND PRIX. JEAN ALESI MAKES HIS OWN WINE JEAN ALESI LIVES IN AVIGNON. HE HAS A VINEYARD ON HIS 3 HECTARES OF LAND. HE PRODUCES 10,000 BOTTLES OF 'COTE du RHONE' EVERY SEASON UNDER THE L'HERMITAGE LABEL. ALESI LEASES THE VINEYARD TO A LOCAL FARMER WHO DOES ALL THE WORK WHILE ALESI CHOOSES THE LABEL AND SHAPE OF THE BOTTLE. ALESI HIMSELF OWNS 2,000 BOTTLES OF DIFFERENT VINTAGES IN HIS WINE CELLAR. BERTRAND GACHOT HIS MOTHER WAS GERMAN, HIS FATHER FRENCH, HE WAS BORN IN LUXEMBOURG, BROUGHT UP IN BELGIUM. HE BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO DISTRIBUTE THE 'HYPE' ENERGY DRINK. RICARDO PALETTI DIED AT THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1982 IN MONTREAL. DIDIER PIRONI SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF HIS CAR AT FULL SPEED WHEN HE CAME FROM THE BACK OF THE GRID TO THE FRONT WHERE PALETTI HAD STALLED HIS CAR. EDDIE JORDAN'S FIRST WIN HIS FIRST WIN CAME THIS YEAR IN BELGIUM ON HIS 127TH ATTEMPT. JACQUES VILLENEUVE'S SHUNT IN BELGIUM 1998 JACQUES WAS 5 MPH FASTER THAN HIS PREVIOUS LAP WHEN HE WENT THROUGH EAU ROUGE AT 180 MPH AND WENT BACKWARDS INTO THE TYRE BARRIER. HE SAID LATER HIS THOUGHTS AT THAT MOMENT - "OOOPS, THIS ONE IS GOING TO HURT." HE ALSO SAID AFTERWARDS - "I WAS TRYING TO TAKE IT FLAT. IT'S MY BEST ACCIDENT IN F1 SO FAR." HIS FATHER GILLES DIED IN BELGIUM AT THE GRAND PRIX AT ZOLDER IN 1982. NEVILLE LEDERLE DROVE IN 1 GRAND PRIX IN THE NON-TITLE NATAL GRAND PRIX IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1962 IN A CLIMAX-LOTUS 21. HE WAS ON THE FRONT ROW WITH GRAHAM HILL IN A BRM AND TREVOR TAYLOR IN A TEAM LOTUS 25. A WEEK LATER HE CAME IN 6TH AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX AT EAST LONDON. GUY LIGIER WAS BORN ON JULY 12, 1930 IN VICHY, FRANCE. HE DROVE IN 12 GRANDS PRIX FROM 1966 - 1967 WITH COOPER AND BRABHAM BEFORE STARTING HIS OWN SPORTS AND F1 CARS. ALL HIS CARS CARRY THE INTIALS 'JS' IN HONOUR OF JO SCHLESSER WHO WAS A FORMER PARTNER IN A FORD PERFORMANCE DEALERSHIP AND WAS KILLED IN AN AIR- COOLED HONDA F1 RACE IN THE 1968 FRENCH GRAND PRIX. WOMAN F1 DRIVER LELLA LOMBARDI WAS BORN ON MARCH 26, 1943 AND DROVE IN 12 GRANDS PRIX FROM 1975 - 1976. SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN TO HAVE EVER WON A TOP 6TH FINISH. SHE COLLECTED 1/2 POINT IN THE EARLY RETIRED SPANISH GRAND PRIX OF 1975 AT BARCELONA IN HER WORKS-MARCH. SHE DIED OF CANCER IN APRIL OF 1992 AT THE AGE OF 48. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER MARKETS BUBBLE GUM MICHAEL SCHUMACHER IS MARKETING APPLE FLAVOURED BUBBLE GUM IN 1998. THE COST OF THE GUM IS 25 PENCE PER PACK. THE CANDY IS CALLED 'APPLE SCHUMACHER - HE'S COMING OUT OF THE PIPS." McLAREN NO LONGER MAKES F1 SUPERCAR McLAREN HAS ENDED THEIR PRODUCTION OF THEIR McLAREN F1 SUPER ROAD CAR IN 1998. THE COST OF ONE OF THESE CARS WAS lbs634,500 EACH. BERNIE ECCLESTONE - #5 IN BRITIAN IN 1998 BERNIE ECCLESTONE'S THE 5TH WEALTHEST PERSON IN GREAT BRITIAN. HIS ESTIMATED WEALTH IS lbs1.5BILLION. ALEXANDER WURZ AND HIS BOOTS ALEXANDER WURZ WEARS TWO DIFFERENT COLOURED BOOTS RED (LEFT) AND BLUE (RIGHT) FOR LUCK. DAVID AND HIS SUPERSTITIONS DAVID COULTHARD ALWAYS GET'S INTO HIS F1 CAR WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT FIRST FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR. JACQUES AND HIS SUPERSTITIONS JACQUES VILLENEUVE HAS TWO SUPER MARIO CARTOON MEN ON HIS DASHBOARD FOR LUCK. ONE SAY'S "LUCK" AND THE OTHER SAYS "FUCK". (WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE LANGUAGE) NIGEL MANSELL AND HIS SUPERSTITIONS NIGEL MANSELL NEVER LET ANYONE TOUCH HIS HELMUT BEFORE A RACE. STEFANO MODENA AND HIS SUPERSTITIONS STEFANO MODENA USED TO DRIVE WITH ONE OF HIS RACING GLOVES INSIDE OUT. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER'S SUPERSTITION GOES A BIT TOO FAR MICHAEL SCHUMACHER WON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1994 AND 1995 WITH ANY MECHANIC WEARING UNDERWEAR THEY GOT LUCKY IN. JOHNNY HERBERT'S VIEW OF 1998 "AT THE RACE IN AUSTRIA, I WAS ASKED TO GIVE UP MY CHANCE OF QUALIFYING WELL, AS HE (JEAN ALESI) WAS IN CONTENTION FOR POLE POSITION. GRADUALLY I LOST CONFIDENCE IN BOTH THE TEAM AND MYSELF." BAR HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED IN BRACKLEY, ENGLAND AND IS 135,000 SQUARE FEET. 220 PEOPLE WORK AT THIS FACILITY. TINA & AYRTON AT A POST-RACE PARTY IN ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, AYRTON SENNA (SWITCHING FROM McLAREN TO WILLIAMS) JOINED TINA TURNER ON STAGE WHILE SHE SANG 'SIMPLY THE BEST'. BERNIE ECCLESTONE'S ESTIMATED INCOME IN 1998 BERNIE ECCLESTONE'S ESTIMATED WEALTH IS lbs1.2 BILLION AND lbs1 MILLION PER WEEK. FIA CONCORD AGREEMENT ONLY 12 TEAMS ARE ALLOWED IN FORMULA ONE TILL THE YEAR 2008. NURBURGRING AUCTION 1998 A CAN OF EXHASUT FUMES FROM MICHAEL SCHUMACHER'S FERRARI F300 WAS AUCTIONED OFF FOR lbs10,000. THE MONEY WENT TO MICHAEL'S FAVOURTIE CHARITY - UNESCO. OLIVIER PANIS' FAVOURITE DINNER GUEST OLIVIER PANIS ONCE SAID THAT IF HE WAS STILL ALIVE, HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE DINNER WITH ENZO FERRARI. BENETTON'S WEATHER PREDICTOR? DAVID RICHARDS FLY'S UP INTO ON COMING WEATHER IN A HELICOPTER AND IF A SAMPLE OF SEAWEED CHANGES COLOUR OR A PINE CONE SHRINKS - RAIN IS ON THE WAY. DAMON SAY'S - "I CAN'T DRIVE THESE CARS" DAMON HILL SAID TO PHIL HILL AT THE GOODWOOD REVIVAL MEETING IN SEPTEMBER 1998 - "I CAN'T DRIVE THESE CARS; THEY DON'T STOP, THEY DON'T TURN IN, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS DID IT." OTHER FORMER F1 DRIVERS WERE ALSO PRESENT: JACK BRABHAM, JOHN SURTEES, JACKIE STEWART, TONY BROOKS, STIRLING MOSS, ROY SALVADORI, DANNY SULLIVAN, STEFAN JOHANNSON, MARTIN BRUNDLE AND MURRAY WALKER. MURRAY WALKER SAID - "I'VE DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN." BERNIE ECCLESTONE AND HIS PLANE BERNIE ECCLESTONE PURCHASED A NEW BA146 SHORT-HAUL AEROPLANE IN 1998. HE USES IT TO SHIP DIGITAL TELEVISION SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD TO THE VARIOUS FORMULA ONE CIRCUITS. ALESSANDRO ZANARDI AND HIS 4 F1 TEAMS ALESSANDRO ZANARDI; AS OF 1999, WILL HAVE DRIVEN IN FORMULA ONE FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR TEAMS: LOTUS, JORDAN, MINARDI AND STARTING OFF THE 1999 SEASON WITH TEAM WILLIAMS. FIAT, FERRARI AND MORE FIAT GROUP BANKROLLS THE FERRARI F1 PROGRAM. FIAT ALSO INCORPORATES LANCIA, ALFA ROMEO, MASERATI, MAGNETI MARELLI, AVIATION AND TRAINS. TORANOSUKI TAKAGI HE SPEAKS NO ENGLISH. HIS FATHER MASAMI IS A REAL ESTATE OWNER AND SELLER. HE REPLACED JACQUES VILLENEUVE WHEN JACQUES LEFT THE TOM'S TEAM FOR FORMULA ATLANTIC RACING IN NORTH AMERICA. TAKAGI SAYS THE PLAYSTATION WAS GOOD FOR LEARNING THE TRACKS BUT HE SAW HOW LITTLE GRIP HE HAD WITH THE TYRRELL, SO HE DOESN'T LIKE TO SEE THIS ANYMORE. HE LIVES (1998) NEAR THE HARBOUR CLUB IN FULHAM, LONDON NEAR MIKA SALO AND RICARDO ROSSET. RON DENNIS IN 1998, RON DENNIS SAID IN REGARDS TO THE LUXEMBOURG GRAND PRIX - "THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT RACE IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY." DAN GURNEY: 2-2, 3-3, 4-4 HIS FIRST GRAND PRIX WIN WAS IN THE 1962 FRENCH GRAND PRIX. HE FINISHED IN 1959 2ND IN HIS 2ND RACE, 3RD IN HIS 3RD RACE AND 4TH IN HIS 4TH RACE. HIS FATHER WAS AN OPERA SINGER. HIS BRAKES FAILED ON HIS BRM IN THE 1960 DUTCH GRAND PRIX, LEFT THE RACE TRACK AND KILLED A YOUNG BOY STANDING IN A PRO- HIBITED AREA. SUZUKA, JAPAN TRACK DESIGNER JOHN HUGENHOLTZ DESIGNED THE TRACK AS A TEST TRACK FOR THE HONDA MOTOR COMPANY WHICH IS LOCATED IN A AMUSEMENT PARK CALLED SUZUKA LAND. DAMON HILL'S 100TH GP START WAS AT THE JAPANESE GRAND PRIX IN 1998. HE FINISHED THE RACE IN 4TH PLACE. GOODYEAR'S TOTALS IN F1 THEY WON 368 RACES. INTRODUCED THE SLICK TYRE IN 1971. WON EVERY F1 RACE FROM 1973 - 1977. PEDRO DINIZ'S VIEWS ON LIVING IN MONACO 1998 "MONACO IS CENTRAL, AN HOUR FROM EVERYWHERE. THE WEATHER IS VERY GOOD FOR TRAINING, AND THE MOUNTAINS ARE JUST AN HOUR AWAY. HEINZ HARALD FRENTZEN AND JOHNNY HERBERT LIVE IN MY BUILDING, SO I SEE THEM ABOUT. AND I SEE JACQUES VILLENEUVE OFTEN, HE'S ALWAYS PARTYING." ITALIAN POP STAR EROS RAMAZOTTI WAS AT MONZA 1998 AS A GUEST WITH RED BULL SAUBER PETRONAS. MERCEDES BENZ...BICYCLE? YES. IT IS BELT DRIVEN INSTEAD OF CHAIN DRIVEN. DISK BRAKES IN THE FRONT AND REAR. COST IS lbs1,142 (1998). CONTACT YOUR MERCEDES-BENZ DEALER FOR DETAILS. JAMES HUNT ON HIS CELEBRATION AFTER WINNING THE 1976 CHAMPIONSHIP "I'M GOING TO GET LEGLESS." HOSPITALITY MANAGER AND RESTAURANT OWNER ARNOLD GRAF IS HOPITALITY MANAGER FOR RED BULL SAUBER PETRONAS (1998) AND ALSO OWNS HIS OWN RESTAURANT IN HIS HOME COUNTRY IN BABIKON, SWITZERLAND CALLED RESTAURANT RAMPE. MIKA HAKKINEN IN 1998 HE HAD POLE POSITION, WIN AND FASTEST LAP IN 4 RACES - AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, SPAIN AND MONACO. PHIL HILL ON MICHAEL SCHUMACHER 1998 "HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S DOING. A LOCKED WHEEL ONLY LOSES YOU TIME IF IT CAUSES YOU TO RUN WIDE AND MISS AN APEX, AND THAT USUALLY ONLY HAPPENS IF YOU LOCK THAT INSIDE FRONT, HE'D SUFFER AN AGGREGATE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER BECAUSE THE RETARDATION FROM ALL THREE OTHER WHEELS WOULD BE REDUCED." MICHAEL SCHUMACHER ON MICHAEL SCHUMACHER 1998 "I JUST DO UP THE STRAPS, LET IN THE CLUTCH AND DO WHAT I DO." HAKKINEN AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN SHANGHI, CHINA 1998 ONE WEEK BEFORE SUZUKA'S RACE IN JAPAN, MIKA HAKKINEN WAS TOURING SHANGHI AND WAS ASKED HOW LONG BEFORE CHINA HAS A FORMULA 1 DRIVER. MIKA REPLIED - "WE HAVE FIVE MILLION PEOPLE IN FINLAND, AND TWO FORMULA ONE DRIVERS. YOU HAVE 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE IN CHINA, SO........" TAZIO NUVOLARI BECAME A FULL-TIME RACE DRIVER AT AGE 38. SPEED OF AN F1 CAR IN 1/1000 OF A SECOND, AN F1 CAR TRAVELS LESS THAN 2". ON A 17 RACE SEASON, AVERAGES SET 3 CARS QUALIFYING AT THE EXACT TIME (JEREZ, SPAIN 1997) AGAIN IN 63,000 SEASONS. GERHARD BERGER RETIRED AFTER JEREZ, SPAIN (1997) AFTER HIS 210TH GRAND PRIX START. PEDRO DINIZ HAD HIS 50TH GRAND PRIX START IN JEREZ, SPAIN (1997). JORDAN AND THEIR WIND TUNNEL WERE USED IN 1997 FOR TRAINING BY THE BRITISH ALPINE SKI TEAM TO PRACTICE TUCKS FOR THE 1998 WINTER OLYMPICS. PERCENTAGES 1997 F1 VIEWERS WERE 12% IN EUROPE, 70% IN THE FAR EAST AND 18% IN ALL OTHER COUNTRIES REMAINING AROUND THE WORLD. SUZUKA 1998 QUALIFYING HAD 10 LITRES OF FUEL ON BOARD ACCOUNTING FOR AN EXTRA 1/2 SECOND ON SET TIMES. TONY BROOKS WAS STUDYING FOR HIS DENTISTRY EXAM WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO DRIVE FOR CONNAUGHT IN ITALY. HE QUALIFIED ON THE FRONT ROW AND WON THE RACE. SUZUKA 1998 WAS THE 4TH TIME McCLAREN AND FERRARI MET FOR A DECIDING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. McLAREN WON ALL 4 TIMES. MINARDI 1995 ALMOST HAD MUGEN-HONDA ENGINES AND THEN THE DEAL FELL THROUGH WITH TEAM LIGIER GETTING THE DEAL. MERCEDES HAD A LARGE FUND GRANTED TO THEM BY ADOLF HITLER TO BUILD A SPORTSCAR TO SHOW GERMAN SUPERIORITY IN THE EARLY 1930'S. MONACO 1950 SAW 10 CARS CRASH AT THE VERY BEGINNING. MONTREAL 1991 WAS NELSON PIQUET'S LAST VICTORY. ARGENTINA 1953 HAD FARINA CRASH VERY HARD AND SURVIVE BUT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 9 SPECTATORS. HELMUTH KOINIGG DIED IN A CRASH AT THE 1974 US GRAND PRIX AT WATKIN'S GLEN, NEW YORK. SPANISH GRAND PRIX 1975 STOMMELEN'S CAR CLEARED A BARRIER AND KILLED 5 ON LOOKERS. LUIGI MUSSO CRASHED HIS CAR AND WAS KILLED IN THE 1958 FRENCH GRAND PRIX. AVUS AT BERLIN, GERMANY'S "AVUS" TRACK IN 1926, AN ACCIDENT KILLED 3 OFFICIALS IN A TIME-KEEPERS BOX. PETER COLLINS WAS KILLED IN THE 1958 GERMAN GRAND PRIX MONZA, ITALY 1970 JOCHEN RINDT WAS KILLED IN A CRASH. BELGIUM GRAND PRIX 1960 ALAN STACEY AND CHRIS BRISTOW WERE BOTH KILLED IN SEPERATE ACCIDENTS ON THIS TRAGIC WEEKEND IN BELGIUM. SENNA AND BERGER AYRTON SENNA WAS LEADING IN THE 1991 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX WHEN HE MOVED OVER AT THE LAST CORNER TO LET GERHARD BERGER, HIS TEAM-MATE, TAKE THE VICTORY. AUSTRALIA 1991 AYRTON SENNA WON THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX AFTER THE RACE WAS RED FLAGGED ON LAP 14 AND IT STILL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE SHORTEST F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE IN HISTORY. MERCEDES DEBUT IN 1934 MERCEDES MADE THEIR DEBUT IN 1934 AT AVUS IN FRONT OF 200,000 PEOPLE INCLUDING ADOLF HITLER HIMSELF. THE MERCEDES HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS AND RATHER THAN LOSING TO ITALIANS, THEY WITHDREW FROM THE RACE. THEN AT THE NURBURGRING IN GERMANY, AN ITALIAN NAMED LUIGI FAGIOLI AND A GERMAN DRIVER NAMED MANFRED von BRAUCHITSCH WERE BOTH RACING FOR MERCEDES. FAGIOLI WAS WINNING AND BOTH WERE ASKED TO SLOW DOWN AND LET THE TEAM "AUTO-UNION" WIN FOR FEAR OF AN ITALIAN BEATING A GERMAN AGAIN. MINARDI IN 1996 & 1997 SCORED ZERO POINTS WITH DRIVERS JARNO TRULLI, UKYO KATAYAMA (WHO RETIRED AT THE END OF 1997) AND TARSO MARQUES. MONTREAL 1977 WAS THE FIRST F1 RACE WIN FOR GILLES VILLENEUVE. GOODYEAR TYRES HAD THE TOP 5 FINISHERS IN THE 1997 BRITISH GRAND PRIX WITH VILLENEUVE - ALESI - WURZ - COULTHARD - R. SCHUMACHER WILLIAMS FIRST F1 VICTORY WAS AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX IN 1979 WITH DRIVER CLAY REGAZZONI. AFTER 370 GRANDS PRIX THEY WON THERE 100TH RACE AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX IN 1997 WITH DRIVER JACQUES VILLENEUVE. FRENCH GRAND PRIX 1997 SPRAYED CHAMPAGNE ON THE WINNER'S PODIUM EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO DO SO AS PER FRANCE'S BAN ON ALCOHOLIC ADVERTISING. BERNIE ECCLESTONE PURCHASED THE CHAMPAGNE HIMSELF. JAMES HUNT IN THE 1974 NON-CHAMPIONSHIP INTERNATIONAL TROPHY AT SILVERSTONE DRIVING A HESKETH, PULLED THE KNOB OFF THE GEAR LEVER AND DROPPED TO 15TH BUT MANAGED TO WIN THE RACE ONLY USING THE SHARP STUB LEFT TO CHANGE GEARS. McLAREN IN 1976 & 1977, JAMES HUNT OUT QUALIFIED HIS TEAMMATE JOCHEN MASS 31 TIMES OUT OF 33 RACES. DAVID COULTHARD IN THE MONACO GRAND PRIX OF 1996 RACED WEARING MICHAEL SCHUMACHER'S HELMET. TYRE WINNERS OTHER THAN GOODYEAR AND BRIDGESTONE, THERE WERE 6 OTHER TYRE MANUFACTURERS IN FORMULA ONE WITH DUNLOP (83 WINS), MICHELIN (59 WINS), FIRESTONE (49 WINS), PIRELLI (45 WINS), CONTINENTAL (10 WINS) AND ENGLEBERT (7 WINS). MICHAEL SCHUMACHER IN 1999 WAS VOTED AS THE 40TH MOST INFLUENTIAL ATHLETE IN THE WORLD. HE HAS A YEARLY INCOME OF $38 MILLION U.S. BERNIE ECCLESTONE IN 1999 WAS THE U.K'S 20TH WEALTHEST PERSON OUT OF 1,000. HIS NET WORTH IS lbs900 MILLION. JACKIE STEWART IS #731 AT A WORTH OF lbs30 MILLION. PRINCE CHARLES AND McLAREN PRINCE CHARLES WAS PRESENTED THE HELMETS WORN BY MIKA HAKKINEN & DAVID COULTHARD AT THE 1998 MONACO GRAND PRIX WHEN HE VISITED THE McLAREN FACTORY IN WOKING, ENGLAND IN EARLY 1999. GRAHAM HILL'S FIRST F1 VICTORY WAS IN THE 1968 MONACO GRAND PRIX. FIAT & MARLBORO'S 1999 BUDGET IS lbs125 MILLION. TESTING BETWEEN AUSTRALIA & BRAZIL IN 1999 COST lbs1 MILLION FOR THE 10 DAYS OF TESTING. ALAIN PROST WAS QUOTED IN 1989 - "HE (AYRTON SENNA) THINKS HE CAN'T KILL HIMSELF BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IN GOD AND I THINK THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE OTHER DRIVERS." MICHAEL SCHUMACHER IN F3000 WAS BEATEN BY ROSS CHEEVER OF AMERICA IN MICHAEL'S ONLY F3000 RACE HELD AT SUGO IN 1991. SAFETY CAR DRIVER IN 1999 IS OLIVIER GAVIN OF BRITIAN. HE WON THE McCLAREN/AUTOSPORT YOUND DRIVER AWARD IN 1991. HE FINISHED 2ND IN THE 1993 BRITISH F3 CHAMPIONSHIP AND WAS THE F3 CHAMPION IN 1995. HE TESTS FOR BENETTON THE ODD TIME. 3 DRIVERS 2ND PLACE IN DEBUT ONLY 3 DRIVERS HAVE EVER FINISHED 2ND IN THEIR F1 DEBUT. KARL KLING IN 1954 DRIVING A MERCEDES IN THE FRENCH GRAND PRIX AT REIMS, MIKE PARKES IN 1959 DRIVING A FERRARI ALSO IN THE FRENCH GRAND PRIX AT REIMS AND JACQUES VILLENEUVE IN 1996 DRIVING A WILLIAMS-RENAULT IN THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX AT MELBOURNE. CLAY'S TRIBUTE TO GILLES CLAY REGGAZONNI WROTE IN THE MONACO GRAND PRIX PROGRAM AFTER THE DEATH OF DRIVER GILLES VILLENEUVE: "DEAR GILLES I WAS SHATTERED TO LEARN OF YOUR TRAGEDY. YOU WERE YOUNG, LOYAL, IMPETUOUS, STRAIGHT FORWARD, AND YOU EXPRESSED YOURSELF IN OUR SPORT LIKE NO ONE HAD DONE FOR YEARS. i REMEMBER OUR LAST MEETING, WHEN WE TALKED OF OUR SHARED PASSION: FERRARI. FOR A LITTLE WHILE YOU BROUGHT BACH MY LOVELY MEMORIES. YOUR SPECIAL GIFT WAS TO BE SPECTACULAR YET ALWAYS SPORTING; YOU WERE HELD IN SUCH AFFECTION BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS GAVE THE MAXIMUM. ANYONE PASSIONATE ABOUT MOTOR RACING WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD OF YOU. ADIEU, GILLES MICHAEL SCHUMACHER'S UNKNOWN INJURY MICHAEL SCHUMACHER ALMOST BROKE HIS NECK, BUT ACTUALLY ONLY CRACKED IT, IN HIS SHUNT AT SUZUKA IN 1991 AT THE CORNER CALLED 130R. A FEW YEARS AFTERWARDS DOCTORS NOTICED IT ON X-RAYS AND SCHUMACHER WAS SURPRISED AS THE DOCTORS TOLD HIM IT HEALED BUT NOT PROPERLY. LOTUS 49B THE LAST RACE THAT THE LOTUS 49B AND IT'S FRONT & BACK HIGH WINGS WAS IN THE 1969 SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX WITH DRIVER'S JOCHEN RINDT AND HIS TEAM-MATE GRAHAM HILL. HILL FINISHED 2ND AND RINDT RETIRED WITH A MIS-FIRED ENGINE. TYRRELL P34 6-WHEELER THE 1-2 FINISH IN THE BELGIUM GRAND PRIX IN 1976 SAW BOTH 6-WHEELED TYRRELL'S WITH SCHECKTER AND DEPAILLER FINISHING RESPECTIVELY. THE CAR WAS DESIGNED BY DEREK GARDNER. JOCHEN RINDT'S DEATH CAME TRAGICALLY IN A CRASH ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1970 WHILE PRACTISING FOR THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX AT MONZA. FERRARI'S INDY CAR PROGRAM CAME TO A HAULT WHEN A CAR WAS DESIGNED IN 1986 BUT EVENTUALLY THE PROGRAM WAS CANCELLED. JAN MAGNUSSEN'S SUPERSTITIONS HE ALWAYS GET'S INTO HIS CAR FROM THE LEFT AND ALWAYS TUCKS HIS GLOVES INSIDE HIS SLEEVES. BENETTON'S 1997 BUDGET IN FORMULA ONE lbs35 MILLION. McLAREN'S 1997 UNVEILING OF THEIR CAR WAS HELD AT THE ALEXANDRA PALACE. THEY HAD 120 ISDN LINES INSTALLED, 100 METRE STAGE, THREE 500 SEAT GRANDSTANDS. 287 WORKMAN SPENT 6 FULL DAYS SETTING UP FOR THE EVENT. SINGER JAMIROQUAI AND THE SPICE GIRLS PERFORMED. JAN ELLEGAARD MAGNUSSEN WAS A WELDER FOR THREE WEEKS IN A PREVIOUS JOB. RINDT & DENNIS JOCHEN RINDT & RON DENNIS WERE MECHANICS TOGETHER WORKING WITH COOPER AT ONE TIME. STEPHANE SARRAZIN THE TEST DRIVER FOR PROST DEBUTED IN 1999 AT THE BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX. HE FINISHED WITH A SHUNT AT THE START/FINISH LINE DURING THE RACE. NEWTONS TYRE TETHERS FOR 1999 ARE DESIGNED TO TAKE 50 KILO-NEWTONS. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER ON REAR WINGS IN 1999, HE STATED - "I DON'T SEE HOW FLEXIBLE REAR WINGS ARE DANGEROUS. THINK OF A PIECE OF PLASTIC. IF IT'S RIDGID IT'S EASY TO BREAK, IF IT'S FLEXIBLE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BREAK." BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX THE FIRST 3 RACES WERE WON BY BRAZILIANS WITH EMERSON FITTIPALDI IN 1973 & 1974 AND CARLOS PACE WON IN 1975. 1999 TOSA CORNER SEAT A THREE DAY PASS AT TOSA CORNER AT IMOLA IN 1999 FOR THE SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX WAS 102lbs. GENERAL ADMISSION FOR THE RACE ALONE THAT SUNDAY WAS 50lbs. 1999 MONACO A GRANDSTAND 2-DAY PASS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT THE SWIMMING POOL CHICANE COST 269lbs. MERCEDES IN 1954 SAW THEIR W196 CAR WIN FOUR RACES IN FRANCE, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND & ITALY WITH JUAN MANUEL FANGIO DRIVING. 1996 FINES $10,000 - HEINZ HARALD FRENTZEN IN A SAUBER FOR TRYING TO SNEAK IN AN EXTRA LAP IN QUALIFYING IN BRAZIL. $10,000 - PEDRO LAMY IN A MINARDI FOR THE SAME AS ABOVE. $10,000 - RICARDO ROSSET IN AN ARROWS FOR THE SAME AS ABOVE. $ 5,000 - GIANCARLO FISICHELLA IN A MINARDI FOR NOT LEAVING THE STEERING WHEEL IN HIS CAR AT MELBOURNE AFTER ABANDONING HIS CAR. $ 5,000 - PEDRO LAMY IN A LIGIER FOR NOT STOPPING FOR A WEIGHT CHECK ON HIS CAR. $ 2,500 - JOS VERSTAPPEN IN AN ARROWS FOR NOT LEAVING THE STEERING WHEEL IN HIS CAR AT MELBOURNE. MIKA SALO TESTING FOR FERRARI IN 1999 FOR THE FIRST TIME "IT'S A CAR WITH FOUR WHEELS AND A STEERING WHEEL AND I'M PAID TO DRIVE IT AS FAST AS I CAN. THE CAR'S EASILY THE BEST I'VE EVER DRIVEN IN F1. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S PARTICULARLY GOOD IN ONE AREA; IT'S BETTER EVERYWHERE." 30 YEAR DIFFERENCE IN MONZA LAP TIMES IN 1969, JEAN-PIERRE BELTOISE LAPPED MONZA IN A MATRA-FORD AT A SPEED OF 242.957 KMH. 1998'S FASTEST TIME WAS 243.977 KMH. A DIFFERENCE OF ONLY 1.020 SECONDS. VILLENEUVE'S PLANE IN 1999 "I'VE JUST BOUGHT A LEAR 31, WHICH I REACON WILL GIVE ME ABOUT 50 DAYS A YEAR MORE AT HOME BECAUSE I CAN USE IT AS AND WHEN I WANT. THE EXTRA EXPENSE IS WORTH IT BECAUSE RELAXATION AT HOME IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF MY PREPARATION FOR A RACE, SO I HOPE IT WILL MAKE ME A BETTER DRIVER." DAMON HILL IN MONTREAL 1999 "I MADE A MISTAKE. I WISH I COULD BLAME THE WALL BUT I CAN'T." HE LEFT THE CIRCUIT IMMEDIATELY. MIKA SALO ON THE BAR CAR IN 1999 "I HAVE TO SAY THAT F1 CARS ARE ALL MUCH THE SAME. THEY HAVE FOUR WHEELS AND A STEERING WHEEL, AND WE JUST DRIVE THEM FAST." KEKE ROSBERG HOLDS THE FASTEST EVER POLE POSITION LAP IN F1 HISTORY AT THE 1985 BRITISH GRAND PRIX AT SILVERSTONE AT 160 MPH. F1 AND SEGA FORMER PRESIDENT OF HONDA USA RESIGNED FROM HONDA. AFTER SOICHIRO, HONDA APPOINTED ON HIS DEATH BED THAT FORMER F1 MECHANIC NOBUHIKO KAWAMOTO BE THE NEW PRESIDENT OF HONDA. THE NEWLY RESIGNED SHOICHIRO IRIMAJIRI BECAME THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF A NEW COMPUTER COMPANY CALLED SEGA. JOURNALIST FIRST TIME IN F1 MEDICAL CAR MATT BISHOP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN F1 HISTORY BECAMCE THE FIRST JOURNALIST TO DRIVE IN THE MEDICAL CAR. THE MERCEDES- BENZ C55 AMG ESTATE CAR AT THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX 1999 HAD DRIVER ALEX RIBEIRO (FORMER F1 DRIVER IN THE 70'S), CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER PROFFESOR SID WATKINS, FIA'S OFFICIAL ANAESTHETIST GARY HARTSTEIN, JOURNALIST MATT BISHOP AND A SPANISH ANAESTHESIA AND RESUSCITATION SPECIALIST. JAMES HUNT IN FRANCE 1978 & MONACO 1979 THREW UP INSIDE HIS HELMUT DURING THE RACE BUT MANAGED TO FINISH 3RD. HE RETIRED IN MONACO IN 1979 ONLY A FEW RACES INTO THE SEASON DUE TO THE WOLF WR7 NOT PERFORMING TO HUNT'S STANDARD. HE NEVER RACED AGAIN. GIANCARLO MINARDI WAS BORN IN 1947 AND ONCE OWNED A FIAT CAR DEALERSHIP IN FAENZA. HE BEGAN RUNNING FORMULA 2 CARS IN 1974 CONSISTING OF A FERRARI V6 ENGINE AND A CHEVRON CHASIS STIRLING MOSS' VICTORIES STIRLING MOSS' 7 OF 16 VICTORIES WERE WON BEHIND THE WHEEL DRIVING FOR ROB WALKER. GRAHMA HILL'S BRM SELLS AT AUCTION GRAHAM HILL'S BRM 261 USED IN THE 1964 F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WAS SOLD AT A BROOK'S AUCTION IN ENGLAND FOR lbs309,500 IN DECEMBER 1999. IT WAS BRM'S FIRST FULL MONOCOQUE CAR. GRAHAM HILL WONT THE MONACO GRANDS PRIX IN A 1-2 FINISH WITH TEAMMATE RICHIE GINTHER IN THE SEASON OPENER. GRAHAM HILL LOST THE DRIVER'S TITLE TO JIM CLARK IN HIS LOTUS BY 1 POINT. 1958 ARGENTINE GRANDS PRIX STIRLING MOOSS WON THE 1958 ARGENTINE GRANDS PRIX IN A REAR ENGINED 2-LITRE T43 BY DRIVING 200 MILES WITHOUT STOPPING FOR FUEL OR TYRES. MICHELIN'S LAST YEAR IN F1 WHEN MICHELIN PULLED OUT OF COMPETITION IN 1984, THEY HAD WON 14 RACES THAT YEAR. FIRST 2000 CAR TO BE TESTED WAS DRIVEN BY JACQUES VILLENEUVE ON DECEMBER 07, 1999 WHEN HE PUT IN 35 LAPS AT SILVERSTONE IN HIS BAR CAR 02. IT HOUSED A HONDA ENGINE. 1970 BRITISH GRANDS PRIX WAS WON BY JOCHEN RINDT WHEN HE PASSED JACK BRABHAM ON THE LAST CORNER OF THE LAST LAP AFTER BRABHAM HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL. RINDT WAS DRIVING A LOTUS 72 THAT DAY AT BRANDS HATCH. SOTHEBY'S AUCTION RESULTS 1997 THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE ACUTIONED OFF AND ARE ALL IN BRITISH POUNDS: DAMON HILL 1994 WILLIAMS FW15 D ENGINE COVER 2,500 RONNIE PETERSON 1975 LOTUS 72E SIDE POD 3,400 AYRTON SENNA 1987 LOTUS 99T COCKPIT COWLING 9,000 RUBENS BARRICHELLO RACING OVERALLS 950 EDDIE IRVINE RACING OVERALLS 2,300 MIKA HAKKINEN RACING OVERALLS 1,000 JACKIE STEWART RACING OVERALLS 3,100 AYRTON SENNA RACING OVERALLS 15,000 JUAN MANUEL FANGIO SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 170 MONACO POSTERS 1977 & 1979 340 GRAHAM HILL 2 SIGNED PHOTOS BY GRAHAM, BETTE & DAMON 517 DAMON HILL SIGNED VISOR 650 INNES IRELAND BELL OPEN-FACE HELMET 860 ELF VISOR MOUNTED RENAULT SIGNED BY DAMON HILL AND ALAIN PROST 370 PRESS CONFERENCE WALL MAP FROM 1996 SUZUKA SIGNED BY JACQUES VILLENEUVE & DAMON HILL 1,265 TAG HEUER IN MONTREAL 1999 TAG HEUER TRAVELLED TO THE 1999 MONTREAL GRANDS PRIX WITH 18 TON'S OF EQUIPTMENT. 7 1/2 MILES OF FIBER-OPTIC CABLE ARE BURIED UNDERNEATH THE RACE TRACK IN MONTREAL. EACH CAR HAS THEIR OWN TRANSPONDER THE SIZE OF TWO CIGARETTE PACKS AND ARE MOUNTED UNDER THE NOSE OF THE CAR, JUST IN FRONT OF THE SKIDPLATE, CENTERED FOR STARTING GRID AND PIT-LANE FUNCTIONS. THE ELECTRONIC TIME CLOCK CAN SAVE TIMES UP TO A 0.0001 SECOND AND CAN SEPERATE TWO CARS TRAVELLING AT 225 MPH EVEN IF ONE CAR IS ONLY A 1/2 INCH AHEAD OF THE OTHER. THERE ARE 130 MONITOR'S AROUND THE MONTREAL CIRCUIT FOR OFFICIALS, PIT PERSONNEL AND MEDIA ROOMS. A CAMERA IS ALSO MOUNTED AT THE START / FINISH LINE AND RECORDS ACTION AT 100 FRAMES PER SECOND AND CAN BE PLAYED BACK IF REQUIRED. EACH STARTING GRID BOX HAS A SENSOR EMBEDDED IN THE TRACK SURFACE SINCE THE START OF THE 1995 SEASON TO DETECT ANY JUMP STARTS. ALL TAG HEUER'S EQUIPTMENT FIT'S IN 2 1/2 747 JUMBO JET'S. THERE ARE 20 TAG HEUER TECHNICIANS TO SUPPLY ALL THE VARIOUS AUDIENCE'S WITH TIMING DATA. DAMON HILL'S HELMET COLOUR "BASICALLY I SPORT THE SAME HELMET COLOURS AS MY FATHER. IT IS VERY DARK BLUE, WITH WHITE ROWING BLADES SIGNIFYING THE ROWING CLUB OF PUTNEY, LONDON. BOTH MY FATHTER AND MY MOTHER WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL ROWING ATHLETES. THEY EVEN MET AT THE ROWING CLUB! I WENT FOR THE SAME DESIGN FOR TWO REASONS. FIRST, I AM PROUD OF IT AND SECOND, YOU CAN SPOT THIS DESIGN FROM FAR AWAY. I'M NOT INTO ROWING, BUT THE CLUB ARE HAPPY THAT I KEEP UP THE TRADITION." MIKA HAKKINEN OUT QUALIFIES AYRTON SENNA MIKA HAKINEN STOOD IN FOR MICHAEL ANDRETTI AT THE 1993 PORTUGESE GRAND PRIX AND OUT QUALIFIED AYRTON SENNA BY 0.11 SECONDS ON HIS FIRST RACE WITH McLAREN. "AYRTON COULDN'T ACCEPT IT. HE WAS SITTING ON THE TYRES, STUDYING THE COMPUTER. WE DID HAVE JOKES ABOUT IT, BUT THAT WAS LATER." DURING THE RACE THE NEXT DAY, HAKKINEN SAID "AYRTON DID OPEN MY EYES THAT DAY. JESUS, I HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. IF YOUR FIGHTING AGAINST A MAN LIKE SENNA, IT'S NO JOKE. IT IS SUCH SERIOUS STUFF". JOHNNY AND THE MONACO POLICE JOHNNY HERBERT WAS CHARGED IN 2000 BY THE MONACO PRINCIPALITY POLICE. HE WAS CHARGED FOR DRIVING TOO SLOW WHILE TOURING KEITH FLOYD AROUND FOR HIS NEW FOOD SHOW. MIKA ON STEERING MIKA HAKKINEN SAID IN EARLY 2000 "F1 IS NOT ABOUT JUST TURNING A STEERING WHEEL LEFT AND RIGHT; THERE ARE A MILLION OTHER THINGS." EDDIE JORDAN'S START EDDIE JORDAN STARTED HIS F1 TEAM WITH 26 STAFF MEMBERS. HE NOW EMPLOY'S 40 MEN IN HIS CARBON FIBRE SHOP ALONE. JORDAN FINISHED 4TH IN MEXICO IN THERE FIRST YEAR WITH DRIVER ANDREA DE CESARIS. RALF'S PRIVATE PLANE IS A PIAGGIO TURBO PROP HE PURCHASED IN 2000. HE TOOK HIS FLYING EXAM IN PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. HE FLEW SOLO AFTER ONLY 8 HOURS OF FLYING. MIKA HAKKINEN IN 1997 SAID "I THINK THAT DRIVING AN F1 CAR IS LIKE THIS: SOME PEOPLE HAVE VERY NICE HANDWRITING AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T. EVEN IF THEY PRACTISE LIKE HELL, THOSE WHO DON'T SIMPLY CANNOT MAKE THEIRS LIKE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NATUARALLY NICE HANDWRITING. WHY? IT'S JUST LLIKE THAT." TYRES AT THE FRENCH GRANDS PRIX IN 1997 GOODYEAR TOOK 2,300 EAGLE RACING TYRES. 1,000 PRIME OR OPTIONAL SLICKS AND 1,300 WETS. BRIDGESTONE TOOK 1,388 TYRES. 555 PRIME OR OPTIONAL SLICKS AND 833 WETS. JACQUES VILLENEUVE'S ONE-RACE BAN CAME AS A SUSPENDED BAN AFTER FOLLOWING LESS THAN 5 CAR LENGTHS, THE MINIMUM ALLOWED, BEHIND THE SAFETY CAR AFTER UKYO KATAYAMA HIT THE PITWALL. JORDAN AT SILVERSTONE 1997 USED "BITTEN AND HISSES" AS A REPLACEMENT FOR BENSON & HEDGES ADVERTISEMENT ON THERE CARS. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1995 MIKA HAKKINEN CRASHED HARD AT BREWERY BEND WHILE PARCTISING FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GRANDS PRIX. "IT WAS GETTING DIFFICULT TO BREATHE, THEN I FELT THIS MASSIVE PAIN IN MY THROAT WHICH, I GUESS, WAS WHEN THEY PUT THE TUBE IN, AND AT WHICH POINT I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS." HAKKINEN HAD A TACK-SIDE TRACHEOTOMY. MIKA SALO DISQUALIFIED IN 2000 MIKAS SALO FINISHED 6TH IN AUSTRALIA 2000 BUT WAS DISQUALIFIED BY OFFICIALS WHEN HIS FRONT WING WAS FOUND TO BE 22MM EXENDED TO FAR FORWARD ON HIS SAUBER PETRONAS. RICARDO ZONTA OF BAR MOVED FROM 7TH TO 6TH AND EARNING 1 CHAMPIONSHIP POINT.