Formula 1

Frentzen enjoys the pressure

Heinz-Harald Frentzen has not had the smoothest of rides in Formula One since the middle of last year but the German declared that he is driving better than ever now. Abruptly sacked from Jordan last summer, Frentzen took up duties at Prost when ...

Published: Jun 5, 2002, 12:41 PM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

Heinz-Harald Frentzen has not had the smoothest of rides in Formula One since the middle of last year but the German declared that he is driving better than ever now. Abruptly sacked from Jordan last summer, Frentzen took up duties at Prost when Jean Alesi jumped ship -- to Jordan. Frentzen went on to qualify the Prost fourth at Spa, well ahead of anything either Alesi or Luciano Burti had managed to do with the poor car.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

Photo by Arrows Grand Prix International.

With Prost's demise at the beginning of 2002, Frentzen headed for Arrows. He ousted driver Jos Verstappen from his seat in a move that caused much controversy but team boss Tom Walkinshaw was adamant that he had made the right decision. Arrows have been lacklustre the last couple of seasons but Walkinshaw's faith in Frentzen seems to have paid off: the German has bought home the team's two points so far this year.

Two points may not seem like much but they are invaluable to Arrows. Frentzen admitted his reputation took a battering after being sacked from Jordan but said he is now as motivated as ever.

"What happened at Jordan was a shock," he remarked in the British press. "My reputation suffered and I had to start again from zero to continue in Formula One. I'm not as good as ever, I'm better than ever. I believe I have the experience and understanding of the car that makes me better now. I am also as motivated as ever. It helps when you have people who want to work with you and believe in you. I try to get the best out of myself and the team and I think I am achieving that. Our point in Monaco keeps the momentum going. Scoring points puts you under pressure to score more, but it is the right kind of pressure -- a pressure I enjoy."

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article Salo looks ahead to Canadian GP

Next article Canadian GP: Toyota preview

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

Winners and losers from a Chase-altering NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Phoenix II

49 min

Winners and losers from a Chase-altering NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix

Heart of Racing rules Valkyrie GTP step next year ‘too soon’ for IMSA standout Barrichello

IMSA

IMSA IMSA 53 min

Heart of Racing rules Valkyrie GTP step next year ‘too soon’ for IMSA standout Barrichello

Sergio Perez: Debut Cadillac season "without a doubt one of my best years"

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

1 h

Sergio Perez: Debut Cadillac season "without a doubt one of my best years"

McLaren to use final 2026 developments to test 2027 F1 car concepts

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1 1 h

McLaren to use final 2026 developments to test 2027 F1 car concepts

Feature

Discover prime content

How levelling the playing field isn’t antithetical to the principles of F1

Formula 1

By Pat Symonds

How levelling the playing field isn’t antithetical to the principles of F1

Lights, Camara, action: How Haas picked F1's latest rookie for 2027

Formula 1

Singapore GP

By Jake Boxall-Legge

Lights, Camara, action: How Haas picked F1's latest rookie for 2027

Employing team orders can simply be a matter of common sense

Formula 1

By Kevin Turner

Employing team orders can simply be a matter of common sense

Why Christian Horner sees history repeating itself for Adrian Newey at Aston Martin

Formula 1

Singapore GP

By Ronald Vording

Why Christian Horner sees history repeating itself for Adrian Newey at Aston Martin

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts