Amongst those that went out in Q1 were Sergio Hernández, Rob Huff and Alex Zanardi.
Alex Zanardi, who drove both in F1 and CART, said that the lighter, naturally aspirated F1 car was more responsive and accelerated off the turns faster, while the turbocharged CART car was more stable and accelerated to top speed faster.
He ended the season by filling in for injured Champ Car driver Alex Zanardi, posting one top-10 finish in four starts.
The event was an important news item, and he immediately enjoyed the support of the whole sports world, including a visit from Alex Zanardi.
For example The Lotus Esprit GT team were based at the former headquarters of Team Lotus (Ketteringham Hall) and included Alex Zanardi in the driver line-up.
Alex Ferguson | Alex Rodriguez | Alex Cox | Alex | Alex Jones | Alex Chilton | Alex Trebek | Alex Salmond | Alex Katz | Alex Riel | Alex Ross | Alex Haley | Àlex Corretja | Alex Moulton | Alex Zanardi | Alex Smith | Alex Kapranos | Alex Jones (radio host) | Alex Shnaider | Alex Shelley | Alex Karras | Alex Grey | Alex da Kid | Magic Alex | Judge Alex | Alex Schomburg | Alex Rose | Alex Pardee | Alex Krycek | Alex Jennings |
The next round was in Italy, the first race after the September 11 attacks and before the race Michael Schumacher wanted all the drivers to go slowly at the first corner, due to 9/11 and a horrific accident in ChampCar the day before in which former F1 driver Alex Zanardi suffered serious injuries but this plan did not work out because Jacques Villeneuve and Benetton boss Flavio Briatore did not accept it.
Nunn would later go on to be a prominent chief engineer in the American-based Champ Car series, winning championships with drivers Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya in the late 1990s.