DECEMBER 13, 2001

Jaguar Racing secure claims marketing chief

The future of Jaguar Racing is in safe hands the UK-based F1 team's director of marketing told delegates at the Motor SportBusiness Conference in Monte Carlo.

THE future of Jaguar Racing is in safe hands the UK-based F1 team's director of marketing told delegates at the Motor SportBusiness Conference in Monte Carlo.

Judith McMahon said that a leading representative of Ford had visited Jaguar's Milton Keynes HQ in the last month and given the team "a message of reassurance and said we're in it for the long term."

McMahon added that the Ford-owned team was "making plans and serious investments" and believed that Jaguar Racing was "secure".