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Vol. 10, No. 12 - Mar 24th 2004

				Print Version  PDF Version  Palm Version  RSS 2.0 Feed Mitch McCann: The F1 Insider   Bruce Thomson: Season Strokes   Garry Martin: On the Road   David Wright & Mark Alan Jones: Elsewhere in Racing   Dieter Rencken: The Weekly Grapevine Marcel Borsboom: Qualifying Differentials   David Wright: SuperStats   Michele Lostia: Charts Center     The Race in Action   Sector Times   Full Lap Chart   Full Gaps Chart   Full Laptimes (H)   Full Laptimes (V)
Bjorn Wirdheim: Going Places by Bjorn Wirdheim  Bjorn Wirdheim is a fresh addition to the F1 paddock. Intelligent, humble and hard working, the F3000 Champion debuted in Melbourne as Jaguar's third driver - a stop on his way to a fulltime F1 racing career. In an exclusive column for Atlas F1, Bjorn will share his experience over the 2004 season and tell us in his own words about the challenges he faces throughout the year. This Week: Bjorn writes about the trials of driving an F1 car in extreme heat, and the tribulations of Jaguar's race start Ann Bradshaw: Point of View by Ann bradshaw  The war of words between Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya; Jenson Button's first podium finish; David Coulthard's hair colour; and a lot more stories from the Malaysian Grand Prix. This is Ann Bradshaw's take of the weekend's events Atlas F1 News Room Constantly Updated  Badoer Continues Testing at Fiorano Fisichella Aims to Win Again in Malaysia Davidson Lined Up for JV's Drive The Daily Grapevine Constantly Updated  Australian GP Paddock Gossip Greece Finds Site for Formula One Track Honda Engines for Red Bull   Monaco completes circuit modifications   FIA delay driver aids ban due to arbitration   Unnamed German team inquire about F1		The Business of Formula One 2004 Reprinted by permission of BusinessF1  Formula One is at crossroads. External costs are up, basic income is down. As are live spectators and television viewers. The solutions are at hand, but need execution. The good news is a fairer share-out of income and a revival of the marketing services sector that has boosted overall revenues. Atlas F1 brings an excerpt of BusinessF1's fifth annual Business of Grand Prix Special Report, including the 2004 budget of the ten F1 teams Clean Break: Interview with Christian Klien by David Cameron  Christian Klien not only faces the difficult task of making his Grand Prix debut this year, but also as the teammate of one of the most valued drivers of the Formula One field. In the second of a series of interviews with this year's rookies, Atlas F1's David Cameron talked to the Jaguar driver about how he will cope with his first year in Grand Prix racing The 2004 Malaysian GP Review by Pablo Elizalde  World Champion Michael Schumacher dominated the Malaysian Grand Prix from start to finish, just like he had done two weeks earlier in Australia. This time, however, Juan Pablo Montoya made sure the German had to sweat for his victory while Jenson Button also pushed hard to score his maiden F1 podium. Atlas F1's Pablo Elizalde reviews the events and results of the Sepang race Technical Review: Malaysia by Craig Scarborough  The second round of the 2004 season provided the ten teams with the challenge of fighting against searing heat, reliability, engine changes, and driver mistakes. Atlas F1's technical writer Craig Scarborough reviews the cars and the technical changes seen through the weekend Buttoned Up by Richard Barnes  Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix saw Michael Schumacher clinching yet another victory, but perhaps the biggest news was that Jenson Button, after 68 starts, finally got his first Formula One podium. Richard Barnes looks at Button's personal triumph and reviews the weekend's events