Formula One News — November 2000

FIVE drivers currently involved in Formula One will take part in a special football match for charity at the Bruno Longhi Stadium in Italy on Thursday night.

WHEN you look at it on paper, the Minardi team does not appear to have much of a future but it will survive. It always has. Giancarlo Minardi is an expert at that.

TOYOTA is not only determined to fly in the face of established F1 convention by building its own cars and engines, but is also determined to harness its newly acquired majority stake in Japan's Fuji speedway as a home-grown development circuit.

YOUNG Finn Kimi Raikkonen is not yet a Sauber driver, his manager Steve Robertson said on Wednesday.

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced on Monday that they had bought a majority share in Japan's Fuji racing circuit and said that they will develop the venue to secure a Grand Prix return.

EDDIE JORDAN said on Tuesday that he expects his team to become Formula One World Champions with the backing of Honda works engines.