SEPTEMBER 9, 2003

Jaguar Racing has a seat open for 2004

Justin Wilson is not a definite next year at Jaguar Racing. The team is understood to have an option on his services for 2004 but at the moment there is no deal in place.

"Justin is doing a good job for us and we have another three races left with him before we need to make a decision for 2004," team boss David Pitchforth told the Reuters newsagency. "We need to give him a trouble-free race package for a weekend -- something we haven't done given his retirements from the German and Hungarian Grand Prix. Only then can Justin demonstrate his true potential. It is a buyer's market right now and we are under no pressure to announce Mark's team mate for next season."

Pitchforth says that Wilson was told when he arrived at Jaguar with five races left this year that there was no certainty about the long-term future.