JANUARY 9, 2003

Watch out for Verstappen

The Dutch media is getting excited about a deal between Minardi and Jos Verstappen and usually well-informed sources are indicating that there is likely to be an announcement to this effect later in the day. If the deal is finally confirmed it will give Minardi its strongest line-up for several years with Justin Wilson and Verstappen in Cosworth-engined cars. The team may not have a very big budget but there seems to be plenty of potential for success given the showing of the Cosworth V10 engines last year with Arrows and (on occasion) with Jaguar Racing.