- Due to the strikes in France the official world champion gala night, which was to be held in Monaco this Friday, is off. There the new world champion, Michael Schumacher, will get his tittle officially. A new date for this event has not yet been set. - The FIA has made official that the Ferrari of Schumacher will carry the number ONE. Eddy Irvine will drive with number two. This is of course a statement that everybody already knew or was counting on, certainly the Ferrari Team. So the legendary numbers 27 and 28 will disappear from Formula One. See driver line-up 1996 for latest driver updates. - Dams was not on the teamlist for 1996 of the FIA, so there will be only 11 teams with a total of 22 cars. Verstappen was not yet on the provisional driver list for Footwork. They also don't have an engine deal yet. There is talk about Deawo making the engine. 5-12-1995