Formula One News — February 1997

FEBRUARY 3, 1997

Technical analysis: Minardi-Hart M197

THE Minardi Team ran its new Minardi-Hart M197 at Mugello, near Florence, on February 1 in preparation for the team's official launch at the Autodromo Nazionale at Monza on February 4.

... but France waits

THE French Grand Prix has been given three more months in which to find a solution to the legal problems surrounding the televising of the event.

Technical analysis: Jordan-Peugeot 197

THE Benson & Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot team unveiled its Jordan-Peugeot 197 at London's Hilton Hotel on January 30.

Patrick Head on the FW19

THE new Williams-Renault FW19 very much follows the design philosophy of the FW17 and FW18.

Technical analysis: Williams-Renault FW19

THE Rothmans Williams Renault team unveiled its 1997 car at its old factory in Didcot, Oxfordshire, on January 31.

Ron Dennis on the MP4-12

THE process by which the new McLaren-Mercedes MP4-12 was designed was not particularly radical.