Luciano Burti is confirmed as pilot of tests of the Jaguar in F-1

Press-release official of the team Jaguar confirming the native of São Paulo Luciano Burti as pilot of tests of would escuderia British of Formula 1 for the season of 2000 was distributed in this thursday.

Burti if finds in Seoul, where if it prepares to dispute the GP of the Korea of the Formula South 3, an event that congregates the main pilots of the category.

" I am very contented of being able to be part of the Jaguar. Instead of disputing Formula 3000, I will be participating of an intense program of tests, what it is the best form of if preparing to arrive at Formula 1 in my opinion ", commented the pilot.

For if treating to its last race in the team Stewart, who defended in last the four years, Burti wants to play a good role in Seoul. The tracing was assembled in the streets that encircle the installations used in the Olímpicos Games of 1988, with the jettison occurring in front to the main estádio.

" The place is very pretty and the slot, extremely interesting. It has a great variety of curves and a stretch of high speed. I believe that all they go to have work to find the rightness ideal " ", evaluated the pilot, who was runner-up of English F-3.

It is the first time that the test is disputed. according to responsible for the event, the objective is to popularize motoring in the country and to divulge the capacity of organization of the South Koreans, who will be receiving the Pantry from the World from soccer in 2002.

Beyond Burti, the main candidates to be successful in Seoul are the dutch Christijan Albers (champion German of F-3), the Portuguese Andres Couto (pilot of F-3000) and the English Marc Hynes (champion English of F-3), Darren Manning (champion Japanese of F-3) and Jenson Button (3º placed in English F-3).

Manning won the two batteries of the GP of Macau, disputed in the last sunday. If to repeat the fact in the Korea of the South, will gain a bond of USS 100 a thousand, beyond the prize for the victory.

(Notice publishes in the site of the UOL)

Ferrari launchs carriage for World-wide the 2000 in January

" Ferrari launchs carriage for World-wide the 2000 in January " To the side of the German Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello will present in day 25 of January, in Italy, F320, model of the Ferrari for next the World-wide one to F-1.

The launching will happen in the headquarters of would escuderia, in Maranello.

In the event, the Ferrari also will show for the first time the 049, its engine for year 2000.

In this thursday, in the Bahia, where he folloies as invited the Match of Itaparica of tennis, the Brazilian pilot said that the carriage will not have great modifications in relation to F399, used in this year.

" he does not go to be nothing revolutionary, only a good evolution of the model of the last season ", affirmed Barrichello, that said to be living its " week of vacation ".

In Saturday, it rollback for São Paulo and, in the sunday, travels for Italy. In the days 1º, 2 and 3 of December, will make its first trainings with the Ferrari, still using the old carriage. Michael Schumacher and the Italian Luca Badoer, pilot of tests of would escuderia, also will participate of the assays.

Barrichello still will make another test with the Ferrari before the Christmas: of 13 the 16 of December, in Jerez de La Frontera, Spain.

Between a test and another one, it confirmed that it will participate of a test of kart organized by Schumacher in Colony, Germany.

Beyond the Ferrari, others six teams already had announced its programming of tests in December.

Of 1ª the 3, Prost, Jordan and McLaren will train in Jerez. In day 8, in the same slot, the Williams will initiate its tests. Of 9 the 12, Sauber, Jordan and McLaren will be in the circuit of Barcelona. E, of 14 the 16, again in Jerez, will test BAR, Sauber and McLaren.

(Notice publishes in the site of the UOL)

Al Unser Jr goes for the Indy Racing League(IRL)

Veteran pilot Al Unser Jr abandoned the F-Indy and now it goes to dispute the Indy Racing League, category with pilots of little expression. Two times champion of the 500 miles of Indianapolis, Unser Jr signed per five years with the Galles team.

The IRL was created one after fight enters the owners of the Cart (that it organizes the World-wide one of F-Indy) and of the circuit of Indianapolis. Despite the traditional test, no pilot of quality, so far Unser Jr, had abandoned the Cart to run in the IRL.

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Ferrari compels Schumacher to fire its assessor from the press

Michael Schumacher fired in this Wednesday its head from the press, Heiner Buchinger, for pressure of the president of the Ferrari, Luca di Montemezolo, that was grumbler with the informative string of the representative of the pilot.

Later five year working for Schumacher, Buchinger was dismissed for privileging the German press and not Italian it, as it desires the Ferrari.

Estopim of the crisis was one of the declarations of Schumacher in a press conference, where it affirmed that it was not sad because Eddie Irvine did not copnquistou the championship of 99 of Fórmula-1.

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Court of Appeal acquits Newey and Head in the Senna case

The Court of Appeal of Bologna decided in this monday to acquit Adrian Newey (designer) and Patrick Head (managing generality), both of the Williams, the accusation of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Ayrton Senna.

The promoter Rinaldo Rosini had requested one year of penalty for each one to the Court of Appeal. Newey and Head already had been acquitted, in first instance, Ímola, December of 97. In February of this year, they and four processed employees had more been again acquitted. (Notice published in the site of the UOL)

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Team of Pedro Paulo Diniz has new designer

The Sauber Swiss, it would team in which it runs the Brazilian Pedro Paulp Diniz in F-1, announced the act of contract of the designer Sergio Rinland, who had passes for Ferrari and Benetton, to work in the elaboration of the carriages of the season of 2000. The model must be ready in February.

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Negotiation in England can give to origin the new team of F-1

David Richards, former-head of the Benetton, announced in this Saturday that sold 49% of its businesses to a group of investments and that now it has financial conditions to come back to Formula 1.

Richards announced the operation of " private equity " with the group Apax Partners, that bought part of the Prodrive, its company, who prepares carriages for the World-wide Championship of rali for the Subaru and the British Touring Car.

The numbers of the transaction had not been disclosed, but Richards said that the company goes upper-class e, therefore, obtained a good one offers of the new partners.

Richards also affirmed that the money injection goes to allow to develop designs that take the Prodrive to Formula 1 in four years.

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Senna is remembered in the party in Vienna that premiou athlete of the century

Brazilian pilot Ayrton Senna did not have its name included in the " World Sports Awards ", that the best athletes of the century in 11 categories chose, but only contemplated esportistas livings creature.

During the awarding in Vienna, however, it was remembered two times. First for its arquiinimigo: the Frenchman Alain Prost, winner in the sports the engine. " It was a way to remember the Ayrton, to think about it. When you receive this type of prize, mean that you it is good and that you competed against good people ", you affirmed the tetracampeão of F-1.

" I ran very against good pilots. Some are livings creature, others had died. One of them, the Ayrton, with who I fought in such a way, could be here receiving this prize. "

Questioned if today it would continue disputing with Senna, in case that it were alive, Prost said that not. " I already would be pensioner. E, probably, it would be one of the pilots of my team. "

The Brazilian still was remembered in a projection, with the heading " Inesquecive

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GP of dumb England for April

The Great Prize of England de Fórmula-1 will be disputed in the next year day 23 to April, despite the rumors of that the test would come back to be disputed in July, as traditionally it happens. The confirmation of the date was made by the International Federacy of Motoring (IT WEAVES).

" we did not make modifications in the divulged calendar day 6 of October ", confirmed the responsible one for the external subjects of WEAVES, Francesco Longanesi.

The next season starts day 12 of March, with the GP of Australia. The GP of Brazil was confirmed 26 day and March, in Interlagos.

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Promotional the bolonhês promoter Rinaldo Rosini asks for to arrest for Patrick Head in the death of Ayrton Senna

Requested in the morning of this friday, during the aperture of the process of appeal of the death of Brazilian pilot Ayrton Senna, the conviction of one year for Adrian Newey and Patrick Head, respectively head of design and director-generality of the Williams in 1994, time where the accident happened.

Senna died day 1º of May of 1994, later that its Williams crossed the Tamborello curve and collided against the wall of protection in the GP of Ímola, in Italy.

In 1997, the judge Antonio Costanzo acquitted the six people accused in the case, also Frank Williams, owner of would escuderia.

But the public prosecutor's office appealed, and the feature starts to be judged to leave of this friday.

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Designer-head of the Benneton renounces to the position

Nick Wirth, designer-head of the Benetton, resigned to the position in this friday. The alleged justification is the difference of ideas how much to the new design of the carriages of the Benneton.

" After innumerable quarrels with Rocco Benneton and the team technique, we agree that I have opposing ideas to the ones of them. Being thus, I decided that the moment is opportune for my output. I go in fetching of new professional chances ", affirmed Wirth.

The substitute of Wirth will be Tim Densham, employee of the Honda. The Benneton got weak results in this year, finishing only in the sixth rank the World-wide one of Constructors.

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Teams already prepare themselves for the season of the 2000

The formula 1 teams already are working in the rightness of its carriages for the next season.

The McLaren, that in this year was champion of the World-wide Championship of pilots, with the Finn Mika Hakkinen, programmed three pratices until the Christmas and can have Olivier Panis as pilot of tests if the Frenchman to obtain to make right its transference the time.

The sessions will be in Jerez of la Border, first a 3 of December, in Barcelona, of 9 the 11, and again in Jerez, of 14 the 16. In the first session in Jerez, Jarno Trulli must make its news in the Jordan. Already Mika Salo runs for the first time in the Sauber in the tests of Barcelona.

The two new pilots of the Prost, Jean Alesi and Nick Heidfeld, wait to be able to count, in Jerez, with new chasses AP02. In the occasion, them they go to test the Peugeot engine. The new carriage of the BAR, with the Honda engine, must be ready in December middle.

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