Formula One Features — February 1992

Cyril de Rouvre is a politician. He should know better than to upset his fellow-countrymen by hiring two Englishmen to drive for the Ligier team. The French media are up in arms. The Union Jack, they say, is now flying over the Ligier factory at Magny-Cours. De Rouvre, the mayor of Chaumont, does not care.

There are no Grands Prix until the middle of March - so what is it that the Formula 1 teams are doing during the off-season? Well, they are gossiping, but they are busy as well getting ready for the F1 season which kicks off on March 14 in South Africa.