Massa, who made his F1 debut in 2002 with Sauber and returned there in 2004 after a year testing with Ferrari, has long been linked with a permament move to the Maranello-based outfit.

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"In October 2002, the F1 teams unanimously voted to change the rules to limit wet tyres to one type, " the FIA said.

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Team orders have long been a controversial part of F1, and were banned in 2002.

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Bourdais moved to the US after failing to win an F1 drive despite winning the Formula 3000 title in 2002.

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Alonso made his F1 debut for Minardi in 2001, moved to Renault as their test driver in 2002 and was promoted to their race team in 2003.

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Kirch collapsed in 2002, with three banks - Bayerische Landesbank, Lehman Brothers and JPMorgan - taking over its stake in F1.

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