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Formula One




Sunday, July 20

British Grand Prix team recaps
Reuters

SILVERSTONE, England -- Team by team analysis of Sunday's British Formula One Grand Prix (listed in 2002 championship order):

FERRARI (Rubens Barrichello 1, Michael Schumacher 4)
Barrichello's first win of the season, from pole. Schumacher lost out when he joined a mass dash for the pits when the safety car came out for the second time and had to wait in line behind Barrichello.

WILLIAMS (Juan Pablo Montoya 2, Ralf Schumacher 9)
Ralf's first finish outside the points this season, his race compromised by debris becoming lodged in his car's cooling system. Montoya was 13th at one stage but followed friend Barrichello through the field.

MCLAREN (Kimi Raikkonen 3, David Coulthard 5)
Raikkonen clawed a point back from championship leader Schumacher. Coulthard's head restraint fixings broke, forcing an unscheduled pitstop and change in strategy.

RENAULT (Jarno Trulli 6, Fernando Alonso retired)
Trulli started second but led until the protestor got on the track. His car's handling then changed after the first stop. Alonso suffered a major electrical failure at his second pitstop, then a terminal gearbox problem.

SAUBER (Heinz-Harald Frentzen 12, Nick Heidfeld 17)
Frentzen struggled at the start, staggering off the line due to a launch control problem. Heidfeld had to make two extra stops due to a front tyre problems.

JORDAN (Ralph Firman 13, Giancarlo Fisichella retired)
Firman ran in the points for a while. Fisichella suffered a suspected rear suspension failure.

JAGUAR (Mark Webber 14, Antonio Pizzonia retired)
Webber said it was his toughest race of the season so far, particularly with the man on the track. Pizzonia retired on lap 33 with an engine problem.

BAR (Jenson Button 8, Jacques Villeneuve 10)
Button went from last to grab a point. Villeneuve spun on the penultimate lap but set a quicker fastest lap than Button.

MINARDI (Jos Verstappen 15, Justin Wilson 16)
Verstappen raced with some neck pain. The two drivers brushed on the first lap. Wilson said Verstappen drifted wide and hit his front wing and came in for a new nose cone.

TOYOTA (Cristiano da Matta 7, Olivier Panis 11)
Toyota, with da Matta, led a race for the first time and stayed there for 18 laps until the second stop. Both drivers were on a three-stop strategy.

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