MELBOURNE -- The following details the main changes at each team heading into the 2002 Formula One season starting with Sunday's Australian Grand Prix:
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Ferrari
The FIAT-owned team has an unchanged lineup in four-time champion Michael Schumacher and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello and remains on Bridgestone tires. Brazilian Luciano Burti has been recruited as an additional test driver alongside Italian Luca Badoer. Ferrari will start the season with last year's F2001 car rather than the F2002, which has a new smaller and lighter gearbox, to ensure reliability. Telecommunications giant Vodafone comes in as a sponsor.
McLaren
Finland's Kimi Raikkonen replaces Mika Hakkinen and makes his McLaren debut after a rookie season with Sauber. Briton David Coulthard is the senior driver although both are officially equals. The Mercedes-powered team has switched to Michelin tires and the MP4-17 car has a new engine which should be more powerful. The team has also said it will unveil a new corporate look in Melbourne.
Williams
Germany's Ralf Schumacher, who has tried out specially-designed spectacles, and Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya are again the drivers in a new FW24 car with a BMW P82 engine that they believe to be a big step forward in their bid to seize the championship this season. Tony Ross is Montoya's new race engineer. Fedex joins as a sponsor from Ferrari. Brazilian Antonio Pizzonia has arrived as second test driver. Aerodynamics ace Geoff Willis has left for BAR.
Sauber
Brazilian Felipe Massa makes his Formula One debut as Raikkonen's replacement alongside German Nick Heidfeld in a new C21 car. The Swiss team is using Ferrari customer engines. Jos Verstappen, the Dutch driver dropped by Arrows this month, could join as a test driver. Credit Suisse has bought Red Bull's majority shareholding.
Jordan
An all-new driver lineup, although in the case of Italian Giancarlo Fisichella it is more a case of returning home to the team he drove for in 1997. Japan's Takuma Sato makes his Formula One debut in the EJ12. The staff has been cut slightly but former technical director Gary Anderson returns as race engineering head. Courier company DHL takes over as title sponsor from cigarette brand Benson and Hedges.
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British American Racing
Same drivers as last season, with Canadian Jacques Villeneuve and Frenchman Olivier Panis. The major change is at the helm, with David Richards replacing Craig Pollock as principal. The BAR004 has a new Honda engine. Japan's Ryo Fukuda joins as a test driver. Aerodynamics expert Geoff Willis arrives from Williams as technical director.
Renault
A name change for what was Benetton last season but is now 100 percent Renault. Italian driver Jarno Trulli joins from Jordan, Briton Jenson Button stays. Spaniard Fernando Alonso becomes test driver after a season at Minardi. Engine expert Jean-Jacques His takes over French side of the team, Renault F1 France, from Christian Contzen. New car is the R202.
Jaguar
No change among the drivers, Briton Eddie Irvine and Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa, but technical director Steve Nichols has been replaced by Italian Guenther Steiner. The front wing has been redesigned since the January launch to rectify an embarrassing aerodynamics problem. German Andre Lotterer is test driver. The team also has a new wind tunnel in Britain.
Arrows
New engine, Jaguar's Cosworth replacing Asiatech, and a new driver in German Heinz-Harald Frentzen who pushes out Jos Verstappen as Brazilian Enrique Bernoldi's partner.
Minardi
Mark Webber becomes the first Australian to drive for an Australian-owned F1 team in 30 years, partnering with Malaysian Alex Yoong. The team has a new Asiatech AT02 engine replacing the ancient Ford-based one used last year and a new power-steering system. Kuala Lumpur becomes title sponsor. Former Prost sporting director John Walton has joined as team manager.
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Toyota
The Formula One new boys, with Scotland's Allan McNish making his Grand Prix debut alongside Finnish veteran Mika Salo. Australian Ryan Briscoe and Frenchman Stephane Sarrazin, from Prost, are test drivers.