AUGUST 30, 2002
Waiting for Ford
For the last few months Jaguar's future has been under review by Ford's chief technical officer Richard Parry-Jones with help from former Jaguar Racing chairman Neil Ressler. Their conclusions have yet to be presented to the top men in Detroit and then decisions have to be made. Jordan's announcement in these circumstances seems to be somehow out of place although one cannot imagine that Eddie Jordan would have gone ahead and spilled the beans on his deal without a green light from someone at Ford. Attempts are being made at the moment to talk down the amount of money Ford has to spend in F1 and one can only conclude therefore that there is still a worry that Jaguar will be axed - if not why the need for figures to be leaked to the the press by "Ford insiders"?