Merry Christmas to all Jarno’s fans and visitors to this site

Merry Christmas to all Jarno’s fans and visitors to this site. We hope 2002 will be happy, healthy and prosperous for everyone.

F1 Racing

January’s issue of F1 Racing magazine carries an article about Jarno on page 86. It is a Q&A session with some interesting comments about the EJ11 and Jarno’s apparent reputation for being a good qualifier but not a good racer.

Jarno at Bologna Motor Show

9^th December 2001 : Jarno visited the Bologna Motor Show as a guest of Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. Along with Jean Alesi, Jarno signed autographs and answered questions at one of the “Big Meetings”.

FIA Backs Down On Numbers

7^th December 2001: Well, that didn’t last long! After complaints from some of the teams, particularly Sauber, the FIA announced they have changed their minds about the drivers numbers for 2002 and will revert to the system used for the last few years where teams will adopt their numbers according to where they finished in the CC. Consequently, Jarno will now be driver 14 after all, and Jenson will be 15. (There is no number 13 for superstitious reasons.) The full list:

01. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
02. Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari)
03. David Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes)
04. Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)
05. Ralf Schumacher (Williams-BMW)
06. Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams-BMW)
07. Nick Heidfeld (Sauber Petronas)
08. Felipe Massa (Sauber Petronas)
09. Giancarlo Fisichella (Jordan-Honda)
10. Takuma Sato (Jordan-Honda)
11. Jacques Villeneuve (BAR-Honda)
12. Olivier Panis (BAR-Honda)
14. Jarno Trulli (Renault)
15. Jenson Button (Renault)
16. Eddie Irvine (Jaguar)
17. Pedro de la Rosa (Jaguar)
18. To be announced - (Prost)
19. To be announced - (Prost)
20. To be announced - (Arrows)
21. To be announced - (Arrows)
22. To be announced - (Minardi)
23. To be announced - (Minardi)
24. Mika Salo (Toyota)
25. Allan McNish (Toyota)

2002 Drivers Numbers

3^rd December 2001: According to the FIA Entry list for 2002, Jarno will be driver No. 7 and team mate Jenson Button will be No. 8 next year. If numbering had followed recent years, Jarno would have been driver 14. However, for 2002, F1 has reverted to the traditional method of numbering when teams kept their driver numbers from year to year and only changed if their driver was WDC when he assumed the number one and his team mate became number two. As Benetton carried the numbers 7 and 8 in 2001, they will continue to do so when they are Renault in 2002. The order of the garages in the pitlane will keep the order the teams finished in the Constructors Championship.