01.11.93

Nigel Mansell has left hospital after his horrific 120mph touring car crash at Donington on Sunday. He was discharged from Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre after being detained overnight but is suffering from a stiff neck and bruising. The Indy Car champions's accident shocked 50,000 fans at the circuit on Sunday but he looks certain to carry on his career undaunted. "It could have been a lot worse. I had a lucky escape," said Mansell, who was involved in a 180mph crash in Phoenix earlier this year.

04.11.93

Ayrton Senna has said he regretted punching fellow driver Eddie Irvine in a row after the Japanese GP. The Brazilian accused Irvine of blocking him out during the race and ended up knocking the Ulsterman over a table. But as Senna began the build-up to Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, he admitted: "In the end I lost my temper, which I deeply regret." Both he and Irvine have been summoned to an official FIA inquiry into the incident on December 9.

05.11.93

Ukyo Katayama has signed a contract to stay with Tyrrell for 1994. The Japanese driver has competed in 29 GPs but has yet to earn a point. Adelaide are bidding to host the Australian F1 race after the end of their contract in 1996. They could face competition from several other cities including Melbourne.

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Australian Grand Prix

12.11.93

Simtek Grand Prix has entered a two car team in next year's Formula One world championships. David Brabham, son of triple champion Sir Jack Brabham, will be one of the drivers with the other to be named early next year. The team has placed a $500,000 deposit with the FIA and will probably be using Ford V8 engines.

15.11.93

Buenos Aires will stage a Formula One Grand Prix next year, Argentine president Carlos Menem has said. He told a radio interviewer that he had signed a decree which overrides a 1960 by-law banning motor racing from the capital's streets. The race is scheduled to take place through the city's Palermo gardens district but local residents are unhappy with the plan. Argentina last staged a GP in 1981 at the now derelict Buenos Aires municipal racecourse.

18.11.93

British racing car manufacturers Lola will return to Formula One competition in 1995. Lola's partnership with Scuderia Italia in 1993 proved unsuccessful and the company have decided to run independently. They consistently failed to qualify for races in 1993 and the team had effectively withdrawn from the championship by the end of the year. "We'll focus next year on preparing a solid foundation from which to launch our Formula One assault in 1995," said chairman Eric Broadley.

22.11.93

Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill have been heaped with honours in the annual British Racing Drivers' Club awards. Both earned the BRDC Gold Star for their brilliant performances during the year. Hill scooped the John Cobb Trophy, made to the British driver who achieves the most "outstanding success" in a British car during the year. Mansell is rewarded with the ERA Club Trophy and the Earl Howe award for his IndyCar exploits.

25.11.93

Damon Hill emerged shaken but uninjured after a 155mph crash during testing at Estoril. The 33-year-old lost control of his Williams at the second corner of the track, leaving the car wrecked. Team spokeswoman Ann Bradshaw said: "The car swapped ends and it was a very big accident but Damon is alright." Hill reportedly lay on the track after the crash but was then able to walk away. He flew back to London on Thursday afternoon.

27.11.93

Formula One could be its way to Russia with plans to build the country's first-ever GP circuit at the Baltic city of Kaliningrad. "We are trying to develop motor sport in Russia - not just Formula One, but also Formula 3000, a truck cup, touring cars, motorcycles and superbikes," said a spokesman for the scheme's backers.

28.11.93

The 1994 season's first Formula One race - and the first in Argentina for 13 years - has been cancelled, according to a newspaper report. The report quoted race promoter Luiz Ruzzi as saying the March 20 race was called off after a meeting with F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone. Ruzzi spoke of "complications" and lack of sufficient time to organize the race. But he added that he hoped to persuade F1 bosses to hold the race during the latter stages of the 1994 season.