Motor Racing | Formula One: Hamilton wins in China, but drivers title must wait Oct 20, 2008
Such team tactics were outlawed in 2002, when Ferrari made a blatant maneuver, ensuring a victory at the Austrian Grand Prix by Michael Schumacher after Rubens Barrichello pulled aside on the final lap. But last year in S. (International Herald Tribune)
Formula 1 1976 Oct 4, 2008
The Austrian Grand Prix in 1976 was the scene of some great racing in tricky conditions. Enzo Ferrari, irritated by McLaren having their points reinstated for the controversial Spanish Grand Prix, decided his team would not be attending. (Suite101.com)
Jarno Trulli's ups and downs in the fast lane Sep 12, 2008
At the Austrian Grand Prix, his seventh and final race as a replacement at Prost, he led for more than half the race before his engine blew out and robbed him of certain victory. It was the beginning of a long string of bad luck, with car breakdowns and accidents that were not his fault. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Rubens Barrichello is Formula One's milestone man Jun 6, 2008
At the Austrian Grand Prix of 2002, there was a crisis in Barrichello's relationship with Ferrari. He had been faster than Schumacher all weekend. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Formula One rivals past and present ready for a fight Mar 8, 2008
Such moves have been against Formula One rules since a public outcry in 2002, when Ferrari asked Rubens Barrichello to pull over at the Austrian Grand Prix to gift the victory to his teammate, Michael Schumacher. The move was made early in the season, when Barrichello still had every chance of winning the title. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Formula One: 4-way drivers' battle is new twist on old Grand Prix story Sep 6, 2007
Five years ago, at the height of Ferrari's domination, the Italian team fell into international disgrace when it ordered Rubens Barrichello to pull aside in the last lap of the Austrian Grand Prix to allow his teammate Michael Schumacher to win. Multimedia. (International Herald Tribune)
Pironi, Arnoux Ignored Team Orders Aug 19, 2007
The ban stemmed from Rubens Barrichello obeying the order from Ferrari to gift the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix to Michael Schumacher, who was in better position in the driver standings. Schumacher went on to win his third straight driver championship for Ferrari and fifth overall. (Suite101.com)
Formula One: After scandal and discord, McLaren gets a breather Aug 8, 2007
In 2002, early in the season, at the Austrian Grand Prix, on the last lap, Barrichello, who had been faster than Schumacher all weekend, was ordered to pull aside and let the German win the race. It was so early in the season that spectators booed and the media disapproved, and Ferrari was publicly disgraced. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Sport Monthly Jun 3, 2007
McLaren's team principal, Ron Dennis, rebutted allegations of team orders and race manipulation, strictly against F1 rules since 2002 when Ferrari instructed Rubens Barrichello to allow Michael Schumacher past to win the Austrian Grand Prix. We are scrupulously fair at all times in how we run this grand prix team,' he said. (Guardian Unlimited)
McLaren cleared of wrongdoing May 31, 2007
Ferrari were fined one million dollars when they were found guilty of issuing team orders after the Austrian Grand Prix in 2002. AFP. (iAfrica.com)
McLaren could face heavy F1 sanctions May 30, 2007
22 million), half of it suspended, after the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix in which Brazilian Rubens Barrichello was ordered to slow down and let Michael Schumacher overtake and win. Such team orders were subsequently outlawed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
McLaren did nothing wrong May 30, 2007
The controversy concerns so-called team orders, banned after the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix where Ferrari told Brazilian Rubens Barrichello to let Michael Schumacher win. Double world champion Fernando Alonso won for McLaren on Sunday, ahead of British rookie team-mate Lewis Hamilton. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
FIA probes McLaren's Monaco win May 29, 2007
Team orders, effectively manipulating the outcome of a race, have been banned in Formula One since the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix where Ferrari ordered Brazilian Rubens Barrichello to let Michael Schumacher win. However, McLaren team boss Ron Dennis denied any such manipulation on Sunday. (CNN -- International)
McLaren 'in the clear'? May 29, 2007
Team orders were banned in F1 after Rubens Barrichello was told by Ferrari to let Michael Schumacher win the Austrian Grand Prix in 2002. McLaren don't deny that they told Hamilton and Alonso to slow their pace after the first round of pitstops in a move designed to reduce risks and engineer a McLaren 1-2 finish. (iAfrica.com)
Bayliss takes to Silverstone like a duck to water May 28, 2007
That decision triggered questions about so-called "team orders", which were banned by the governing body FIA after the infamous Austrian Grand Prix of 2002 when Ferrari ordered Brazilian Rubens Barrichello to let Michael Schumacher win. Alonso now leads the standings on race wins, level with Hamilton on 38 points. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
