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	Headlines Single Seat GT/Sportscars DTM/Nascar etc. Rally Company Da Matta CART Champion Cristiano Da Matta took the Fed-Ex CART Championship at Miami, Florida on Sunday 6th October. Starting from 6th on the grid Da Matta won the race by just under a second from his team mate Christian Fittipaldi, who set the race's fastest lap. Driving a Newman/Haas Lola/Toyota this is Da Matta's seventh race win of the season, allowing him to take the championship with 3 races still to go. Hewland is proud to be a key part in this championship victory, as CART is one of the most prestigious forms of motor sport today. Lola CART cars use gearbox internals designed by Lola/Hewland and manufactured by Hewland. Da Matta Extends Championship Lead After a couple of poor results Cristiano Da Matta had a convincing win at Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, to extend his lead in the Fed-Ex CART championship. Starting from second on the grid a good fuel/pit stop strategy was almost as important to this victory as Da Matta's driving, passing Paul Tracy and Kenny Brack on the first round of pit stops and later taking the lead from pole sitter Bruno Junqueira by delaying his stop for an extra lap. Da Matta's lead in the championship now stands at 42 points as the teams move on to Montreal Canada for the next round of the championship. Lola CART cars use gearbox internals designed by Lola/Hewland and manufactured by Hewland. Da Matta Again and Again! Cristiano Da Matta followed up a win at Chicago Motor Speedway with another 23 point victory in Troronto. This extends his lead in the Fed-Ex CART series to an incredible 48 points. Da Matta has now won the last 4 races, equaling the record set by Al Unser Jr and Alex Zanardi for consecutive CART wins. Da Matta dominated the weekend in his Newman/Haas Lola/Toyota, starting the race from polE and leading from start to finish, sometimes by as much as 12 seconds. Kenny Brack, in another Lola was second followed by Da Matta's team mate Christian Fittipaldi in 3rd. The CART circus now rolls on to Cleaveland, Ohio for a road circuit race on 13th -14th July. Lola CART cars use gearbox internals designed by Lola/Hewland and manufactured by Hewland. Da Matta Extends His Championship Lead With Another '23 Pointer'. Cristano Da Matta extended his lead in the Fed-Ex CART championship after scoring a maximum 23 points for the weekend after victory at Portland. Da Matta's Lola started from pole but lost the lead to Kenny Brack (also in a Lola) early in the race. This was the position until the second round of pit-stops when Brack lost a rear wheel exiting the pit lane. Bruno Junqueira (again in a Lola) then took up the battle and although his car appeared slightly quicker than the eventual winner he could find no way round Da Matta. The championship now has a week off before resuming battle at the Chicago Motor Speedway on 29th - 30th July. Lola CART cars use gearbox internals designed by Lola/Hewland and manufactured by Hewland. Da Matta leads Newman-Haas 1-2 at Laguna Seca Cristiano Da Matta won the latest round of the CART World Series at Laguna Seca, leading home team mate Christian Fittipaldi for a Newman Haas 1 - 2. Da Matta lead from pole, being virtually unchallenged for the whole race eventually finishing 10.08 seconds ahead of Fittipaldi. Da Matta picked up a maximum 23 points for the weekend, propelling him back to the top of the drivers championship. The next championship race is in Portland on 16th June. Lola CART cars use gearbox internals designed by Lola/Hewland and manufactured by Hewland. Da Matta wins CART Season Opener - Again! Christiano Da Matta won the CART season opener at Monterrey, Mexico on 10th March. Victories in the last two races of the 2001 season make it three in a row for the Brazilian Newman/Haas driver. Da Matta won the corresponding race last season, again in his Lola-Toyota. It took Da Matta 32 laps of the 85 lap race to work his way up from a grid position of 5th to lead the race, but once he was there he dominated proceedings, finally crossing the finishing line 1.7 seconds ahead of Team Kool Green's Dario Franchitti. The winning margin would have been much higher had there not been a late full course yellow which bunched the pack together. Da Matta's team mate Christian Fittipaldi finished 3rd with Michael Jourdain Jr. coming in 4th in his Team Rahal Lola-Ford. Lola drivers took 6 out of the top 10 positions. The championship has a short break now before moving on to the streets of Long Beach, California on 14th April. Lola CART cars use gearbox internals designed by Lola/Hewland and manufactured by Hewland. British F3 with new FTR gearboxes gets underway. Tuesday March 5th. Donington Park hosted the first official FOTA test of the year for the British Formula 3 teams.This would not usually be a hugely momentous occasion, but 2002 sees the advent of an all new Formula 3 gearbox, the 6 speed sequential shift FTR. Hewland had limited time in which to design, manufacture and supply over 100 of these gearboxes to F3 and Formula BMW for racing action that starts now. There were no prototypes! Over 100 of these units had to be right first time or F3 and F. BMW would be in trouble in various countries at once. The gearboxes have run with amazing reliability and the lap times are lower than last year. Hewland are proud to have launched another winning product for general sale. The first 2 rounds of the Japanese F3 championship took place on 3rd March with Paolo Montin winning both races for the TOM'S team in the new Dallara-Toyota F302 (using Hewland FTR gearbox). Lola's Top in Sebring Test The new Lola CART car filled the top three places on the time charts at the final day of testing at Sebring. Newman/Haas driver Christiano da Matta topped the table with Target Chip Ganassi's new signing Kenny Brack second and Team Rahal's Jimmy Vasser 3rd. These were the only three drivers to dip below the 51 second barrier. Adrian Fernandez and his team were running the Lola for the first time after switching from Reynard. "My first impressions of the car are very good" reported the driver after posting a 51.2 second lap. For the first time in many years new Lola's will outnumber new Reynards on the CART grid, this follows a strong showing last season and developments during the winter. Lola CART cars use gearbox internals designed by Lola/Hewland and manufactured by Hewland. Hughes Impressed With New Lola F3000 The new Lola F3000 racer is a hit, according to test driver Warren Hughes. The new Lola Formula 3000 car had an encouraging first run at Barcelona in Spain on Thursday (1st November) and is a marked improvement over its predecessor, according to test driver Warren Hughes. The Briton managed around 25 laps in the B2/50 during the afternoon after suffering new-car electrical gremlins in the morning. Once he got running, Hughes was pleased with what he found. "Generally, the car is very good," he said. "It's an excellent starting point. The car is much nicer to drive than the old one in respect of better handling and the gearbox, which needs much less effort." "It feels more like I'd imagine an F1 car is like to drive," he added. "You don't have to manhandle it. An element of finesse will definitely be a benefit." Lola Launch new F3000 Lola has launched the new F3000 car that will be used 2002 - 2005. Fighting off stiff competition from other major constructors, Lola maintained their exclusive supply of the cars that dates back to 1996. The gearbox on the new car is a development of the successful Hewland/Lola design used on the Lola Champ Cars, the internals being exclusively supplied by Hewland. F3000 has for a long time been recognised as the stepping stone to Formula 1, being the main support series to F1 in Europe. The launch took place at Lola's headquarters in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK, in the presence of FIA representatives, teams and suppliers. Site designed by Hewland Engineering