Running on Empty
With the first race of 2003 less than 90 days away, CART is still
well short of cars, and judging by their third-quarter financial
statements, short of the cash needed to fill its field. Even CART
now admits it may not have a next season.

CART's 2002 Losses Increase to $13.5 Million
CART has released its third quarter financial information, and
once again there's red ink in abundance. We look at what has
happened to CART's revenue, and what it implies for the 2003
season.

Race and U.S. TV Schedule for CART Finale at Mexico City
A complete events schedule for various time zones including the local
time-zone, plus the U.S. television schedule and the Internet live
timing URL for CART's final race of the season, at Mexico City.

Pookies
No, they aren't fictional characters George Lucas dreamed up for
Star Wars II. Previously under-appreciated, and never before named
or categorized, pookies are those creative distortions of reality
which flow from the imagination of auto racing's press flacks and the
public statements of its movers and shakers. In this brief
examination of some of the more recent and wonderfully outrageous
examples, we show what led us to discover pookies, and attempt to pay
some small tribute to the more skilled purveyors of the fine art of
pookying.

Race and U.S. TV Schedule for CART's 500-Miler at Fontana
A complete events schedule for various time zones including the local
time-zone, plus the U.S. television schedule and the Internet live
timing URL for 'The 500 Presented by Toyota' at Fontana.

Formula Diminished
In the third installment of our series on Formula 1's overhaul, we
examine the changes approved by the F1 Commission for 2003, and the
further adventures of Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley.

Mosley-Ecclestone Press Conference on F1 Commission Decisions
A transcript of the press conference held by FIA president Max
Mosley and F1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone do
discuss the decisions reached by the Formula 1 Commission on Oct.
28, 2002. Our thanks to www.AtlasF1.com for the raw transcript.

F1 Commission Decisions
The Formula 1 Commission, meeting at Heathrow Airport on Oct. 28th,
agreed a compromise series of proposals meant to inject new
vitality into Formula 1. Dismissed, fortunately, were the
concepts of driver rotation and 'success ballast.' We present
here the FIA press release, reserving comment until later.

Coming to America: Ecclestone Misses the Boat
Media and marketing editor, Robert Duncan, examines Formula 1's
World Feed and the Enhanced Feed, which is based on the pay-per-view
Bernievision service, then explains why Ecclestone's long-standing
view of America has been detrimental to the sport and its U.S. fans.

Formula Reinvented
Formula 1's dirty little secret -- a three-year television viewership
decline -- has reached critical mass. In response, Bernie Ecclestone
and Max Mosley have proposed 12 major rule changes designed to
improve the show and/or reduce costs. In the follow-up to "Formula
Challenged," we examine what is on the table, and whether or not it
effectively addresses the serious problems now confronting the sport.

Max Mosley, Television Repairman
At the Japanese Grand Prix, FIA president Max Mosley held a press
conference to defend his radical proposals to prop up Formula 1's
sagging television ratings. Mosley speaks, and for the moment,
with some difficulty, we bite our tongue.

Formula Challenged
Formula 1 is losing fans, and is pointed down a trail blazed by CART.
The difference is that F1's powerbrokers have recognized the problem
early enough to fix it, though no one seems to know how. The
attention so far is on the cars and the racing, but the larger
problem is that the old Ecclestone magic which built F1 doesn't work
in a world overrun with entertainment choices and changed by the
advent of the Internet. In the first of two parts, we look at F1's
minimalist approach to promotion, using the economic sinkhole of the
U.S. Grand Prix as a case in point. In part two, we'll turn our
attention to the tracks, and what doesn't happen on them.

Race and U.S. TV Schedules for the United States Grand Prix
A complete events schedule for the U.S. Grand Prix in various time
zones including the local time-zone, plus the U.S. television
schedule and the Internet live timing URL.

The TV Ratings Contest: A Race With No Winner
Depending upon who you listen to, CART and the IRL are both
winning the race for television viewers. Knowing that couldn't be
correct, we examined the numbers, and found that the IRL is
definitely ahead this year, but that really no one is winning.

On Head Counts, Talking Heads And a Motor Race
What was intended to be simply CART's first race in Denver in a
decade became a series of sales pitches for the series. What was
intended to be a simple race report turned into an examination of
both.

CART Offers Teams More Cash, Hoping It Isn't Too Little, Too Late
With the announcement of its second-generation Entrant Support
Program, CART is offering teams up to $850,000 per car in starting
money and sponsorship for 2003, and a discount on engine rebuilds.
We look at the program in detail, compare team costs to race in CART
and the Indy Racing League, and examine what it all means to CART,
its teams and its shareholders.

What Difference Does $100 Million Make? About Six Seconds a Lap.
Thanks to the European Union's anti-trust regulations, Bernie
Ecclestone is powerless to prevent CART running on F1 tracks, as it
is this weekend in Montreal. Because of that, a decades-old debate
Ecclestone didn't want to see settled has finally been decided by lap
sector times and trap speeds.

CART: Major Revisions to ESP In Attempt to Retain Teams for 2003
At Elkhart Lake today (Aug. 17th), CART announced a major overhaul of
its Entrant Support Program, in an attempt to improve its ability to
compete with the Indy Racing League for teams in 2003. Much of the
detail which will determine the success or failure of the new program
was not provided, so for the moment, we are simply providing the text
of CART's announcement press release.

RaceFax DotCom Test - Ignore

The Artlessness of the State of American Open-Wheel Racing
CART and the Indy Racing League are attempting to position themselves
as the best bet for teams in 2003. That has produced a wealth of
hype and misrepresentations of fact, but little of the hard -- and
reliable -- information the teams and sponsors need to make their
decisions. We look at what the two series are doing, and not doing,
and the harsh, underlying reality neither side wants to talk about.

Let's Make a Deal
The Indy Car Civil War has come down to a battle between CART and the
IRL for the teams needed to give each series legitimacy, sponsorship
and fans in 2003. As with most things in racing these days, it's all
coming down to money, and the IRL has the luxury of fighting with
Honda's and Toyota's bank accounts.

The Indy Appeal: Press Conference and Decision
The transcript of Tony George's press conference following the
decision to deny Team Green's appeal of the Indy 500 finish, and the
full text of the written decision. For our 'take' on this, see the
Bits & Pieces for July 3, 2002.

Role Reversal, A Cross-Dresser's Guide to CART and the IRL
Faced with a likely loss of teams which could cripple the series next
year, CART has decided to abort the 3.5-liter engine, adopt a spec
turbo Cosworth for its existing chassis, and sweeten the pie with a
team support package it says is worth $1.5 million per car. We look
at why it was necessary, whether the numbers add up, how they compare
to costs in the IRL, what other factors say about the future of CART,
and why next year, CART will look in the mirror and see this year's
IRL, and vice versa.

CART: No Direction Home
Out-maneuvered by the Indy Racing League, CART finds itself having to
choose between the 3.5-liter engines it wants, but can't afford, and
the spec Cosworth turbo it doesn't want, but might be able to afford.
The decision, now imminent, will shape CART's future, and may
determine whether or not it has one.

Chris Pook Press Conference at the Milwaukee Mile
On Saturday, June 1st, CART president Chris Pook met the press,
between practice and qualifying at Milwaukee. CART has provided a
transcript of that press conference, and we are publishing it with
the addition of a few clearly indicated observations and points of
reference, which we felt obligated to make.

The Roller Coaster Days of Open-Wheel Racing
We may -- emphasize -- may be entering the end game in the Indy Car
Civil War, and if so, the IRL looks increasingly likely to be the
victor over a once preeminent CART. But while CART is struggling
with defections and a plummeting stock, the League's showcase event
at Indy amply illustrated that it is equally capable of missing its
best opportunities. Does anyone really want to win this war?

CART Sets Records in 'Street' Racing
Wall Street, that is. May 29th is a day CART shareholders will long
remember, as the price for CART's 'MPH' stock fell 10 percent,
comfortably reaching an all-time low. Was it merely coincidence that
the decline in share price began almost immediately after Honda
announced that it would be in the Indy Racing League camp next year?
And where, in all this, are major shareholders Jerry Forsythe and the
ever litigious Jonathan Vannini? At this point, there are more
questions than answers, but what we do know is still highly
intriguing.

The IRL's Power Play
While the Indianapolis 500 has been occupying center stage, officials
of the IRL have been quietly doing the deals which will determine the
future of the League and the Indianapolis 500. The League and its
'partners' will shortly announce the engine and chassis manufacturers
for 2003-5, and while not everything is set, this much we know: while
Ford slipped away at the last minute, the series has bagged Honda,
not for 2004, as everyone thought, but for next year. We examine
what has happened, and what it means for the IRL and for CART.

Boat's Bubble Fails to Burst
After a less than thrilling and rain-abbreviated Bump Day, we provide
a grid sheet, an alternate grid with lap times instead of speeds, and
an assortment of graphs and charts, all meant to help clarify the two
weeks of activity which have brought us to the 86th running of the
Indianapolis 500.

Final Pre-Bump Day Practice and Qualifying Order
The final day of practice before Indy's 'Bump Day' is complete, and
the draw has been held for the order of qualifying. We have provided
the draw order, ranked all the driver/car combinations which drew for
positions by their speed since Pole Day, and provided a history of
today's practice times, and those for the entire week.

Looking at the draw, only six drivers -- Airton Daré, Robbie Buhl,
Greg Ray, Sam Hornish, Shigeaki Hattori and Dario Franchitti -- have
managed a practice lap at a speed sufficient to bump the last current
qualifier, Billy Boat. Of the six, two -- Buhl and Hornish -- are
bump-proof, so those cars are likely the subject of whatever deal can
be cut to put someone behind the wheel. Boat is not yet assured of a
starting spot, which is why his back-up is on the list for tomorrow,
but looking at the list, we will be somewhat surprised if he is
bumped.

First, of course, there are nine spots to fill, and it appears that
anything above 225 even will get in the show initially. Then the
bumping will begin.

Johnny Herbert will attempt to qualify early, then take a private
plane to Sears Point to do his mandatory stint in the ALMS race
there. Jimmy Kite has replaced Anthony Lazzaro at PDM, and Scott
Harrington has been drafted to replace John de Vries at Brayton.

However it plays out, it should be entertaining. We hope it isn't
also dangerous. If they are to make the show, a number of drivers
will need to run quicker than they have since they arrived at the
Speedway, and Indy is not a track which is tolerant of drivers who
try to carry their cars. We wish everyone well.

The National Weather Service is predicting low temps tonight below
freezing, and a high temperature tomorrow in the upper 50s (around
14ºC), with 5-10 mph winds out of the north (a tail wind on the front
straight), and a 30 percent chance of rain, most likely late in the
day.

Junqueira Gets Indy 500 Pole, Others Get the Shaft
With the continued influx of CART teams and drivers, the Indianapolis
500 is taking on added significance in the minds of many. What makes
that ironic is that, aside from a couple of exceptions -- which
included pole-sitter Bruno Junqueira -- most of the CART stars are
clustered at the back of the provisional grid. Maybe this IRL stuff
isn't quite as simple as they thought....

Indy Practice, May 17th
A cold day and some rain interruption produced inconclusive results,
though the conditions did not prevent Robbie Buhl having the quickest
practice time since Pole Day. Buhl ran 228 mph.

Included are a time sheet for today, plus the post-Pole Day ranking
for unqualified drivers, and qualified drivers in their race and
other cars, and a list of the first 10 drivers subject to bumping.

Indy Practice, May 16th
The importance of having qualified on Pole Day became increasingly
clear today, as rain shortened practice by almost two hours in the
afternoon, gusty winds plagued drivers attempting to run in low-
downforce qualifying trim, and the forecast through Sunday, Bump Day,
was less than encouraging.

Friday's forecast calls for a 30 percent chance of rain, northeast
winds at 10 to 15 mph and a high temperature in the upper 50s (around
14ºC). The overnight low is likely to be below freezing, thought the
high on Saturday is expected to be in the lower 60s. At least
there's no rain in the forecast.

For Bump Day, the predicted high is again in the upper 50s, which
won't help tire temperatures or speeds, and worse, there is a 30
percent chance of rain. Pray it doesn't happen.

In practice today, Greg Ray topped the time sheet again, but of 15
unqualified drivers who took to the track, he was the only one to run
under the qualifying time set by the slowest, and most bumpable
driver, Billy Boat. Ray managed a lap at 39.597. On Sunday, he'll
need four laps averaging 39.719 to bump Boat.

The wind today forced most drivers to run more downforce than they'll
likely use in qualifying. Tracy was among those running a lot of
wing, but he needed to be cautious. His car has already had to be
straightened once -- which kept him from qualifying on Pole Day --
and contrary to the entry list, the Green team has only one back-up
car, which is reserved for Michael Andretti.

Donnie Beechler was out for the second time in an AJ Foyt car, the
back-up for Airton Dare, who was second quickest today at 39.738.
Beechler recorded a best of 39.924, giving Foyt the three quickest
drivers today.

Arie Luyendyk and Paul Tracy continued an unsuccessful search for
speed today, each well off the time needed to make the show. Dario
Franchitti did not run at all, and neither did Andretti, who will be
the second driver bumped out of the show if the Sunday times are
quicker than what we saw today.

Over the two days of practice this week, 17 non-qualified drivers
have turned laps, but only three -- Dare, Ray and Shigeaki Hattori
have run quick enough to bump Boat. Of the 17, no less than 12 have
failed to get below a 40-second-flat time, and those are single-lap
times. Four are of course required in qualifying.

Still, there's likely to be a lot of driver roulette between now and
Bump Day, and indicative of that, rumor has Roberto Moreno set to
appear in a third Mo Nunn car.

Indy Practice Times, Wednesday, May 15
Practice times for the first session following Pole Day. We've
divided the list into groups based on qualifying status, and included
each driver's overall ranking for the day.

Indy: First Week's Practice Times and Final Practice Time Sheet
After five days of rain-shortened practice sessions, the weather gods finally smiled on Indianapolis for an entire day, and just in time for everyone to do their final preparations for -- weather permitting -- Pole Day at Indianapolis.

With qualifying engines installed, speeds rose dramatically. Helio Castro Neves, Penske Racing, Dallara and Chevrolet led the way, with Helio running 232.087 mph. His margin over second-quick Robbie Buhl (Dryer & Reinbolt G Force-Infiniti, 231.603 mph) was just 0.081-second. To put that in perspective for qualifying, however, the margin needs to be multiplied by the four qualifying laps. On that basis, the gap would be 1.5 seconds, and at an average of 230 mph, that would be roughly 110 feet at the end of four laps.

Castro Neves' time came without benefit of a tow, he said, and equally significantly, he made the run in the heat of the day, while many of those right behind him on the day's time sheet ran in the cool of 'happy hour.'

Regardless of when the times were turned, they were impressive.

Buhl, Tomas Scheckter and Bruno Junqueira were all in the 231 bracket, Junqueira having earlier in the day been the first to do a 230.

No less than nine other drivers ran 230, and using a more relevant measure, the 16 quickest drivers today were all covered by less than half a second, over the 2.5-mile (four-kilometer) distance.

There were two major accidents today, courtesy Max Papis and Alex Barron. Both went in backwards, and Barron appeared to hit very close to perpendicular to the SAFER barrier, but unlike those who preceded them, neither suffered any injury, and both were cleared to drive.

For those keeping track of this sort of thing, the CART drivers have not looked particularly impressive so far, which clearly says much about the difficulty engineers have in learning how to work with IRL cars, and nothing about the drivers.

Today, Junqueira was by far the best, with fourth, followed by Tony Kanaan (ninth), Kenny Brack (12th), Dario Franchitti (18th), Michael Andretti (20th), Jimmy Vasser (22nd) and Paul Tracy (23rd). Papis was 25th, but with only six laps in the car he crashed, that hardly counts. Besides, Papis is driving for an IRL team (Cheever), assuming they can fix the car, as he doesn't have a spare. As all 35 drivers save Laurent Redon and Barron turned their best times today, those positions are essentially reflective of the CART drivers' position in the overall pecking order.

The 229-mph lap Redon turned on Tuesday, which had stood as quick time of practice since, left him 14th overall after today's outbreak of 230s.

There is a major storm heading from the Rocky Mountains to Indianapolis, and it should arrive late Saturday morning, and depart late Monday. It therefore appears that the Pole Day session will have no chance of running to its planned conclusion at 6 pm local time. That means that the arcane practice of drawing for order in qualifying will take on particular significance. With an 11 am start, it looks all but certain that only a few drivers, if any, will get to qualifying before the heavens unload.

Indy Practice Time Sheet for Day 5; Kanaan Quickest of 33 Drivers
With rain again reducing track time, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
was busy today, with 33 of the 39 drivers who have been on the track
taking times (the 39 including PJ Jones and Robbie McGehee, who are
now out due to their injuries).

Quickest was Tony Kanaan, at 39.215, second only to Laurent Redon's
39.163 from Tuesday. Honors for the week thus go, so far, to Dallara
and Infiniti, and Eric Bachelart's Conquest Racing. Kanaan turned
his time in one of Mo Nunn's G Force-Chevrolets.

Getting their first laps today were Raul Boesel, who has replaced
Jones at Menard, and Oriol Servia, for Derrick Walker. Boesel
managed 81 laps, but Servia is slowest of all, after getting just 10
laps.

Mark Dismore had the only significant accident, and as with McGehee
and Jones, the car hit tail first. Thankfully, he suffered only a
concussion, according to initial medical reports, but he won't be
allowed to drive until after the first weekend of qualifying, and may
not be allowed to qualifying on the second weekend, or to race.

Indy Practice Time Sheet for May 8, Fourth Day of Practice
Rain again inundated the track and the soaked area around it, but
skies cleared late in the morning, allowing the track to be dried for
practice just before 3 pm. Scott Sharp had the quick time, as he did
on the opening day, but that merely left him third overall, behind
Laurent Redon and Bruno Junqueira.

Indy Practice Times for Day 3; Redon Just Misses 230
The skies cleared near the middle of the day, allowing far more track
time than on Monday. Laurent Redon had quick time, at 229.808,
missing the 230 mark by 0.033-second. He was, however, 1.235 seconds
from the all-time one-lap qualifying record of 237.498 (37.895s) set
by Arie Luyendyk in 1996. Last year's pole, by Scott Sharp, was
226.037 (39.817s).

Considering the fact that there isn't much rubber on the track,
thanks to the rains, pole suddenly looks like 231 or 232, if the
temperature and wind are favorable.

Late in the final hour, PJ Jones had the dubious distinction of being
the second driver to test the SAFER barrier system. The car got away
from Jones in Turn One, then made contact with the new barrier in
Turn Two. The car then shot across the track, making hard contact
with the inside wall. Jones was taken to the infield care center,
but had stepped from the car, assisted by the rescue crew. He had
just run a lap at 220.

Indy Practice Time Sheet for May 6, Second Day of Practice
Rain kept the track closed until nearly 4 pm. Time sheet shows the
33 drivers who have completed laps in order of their best overall
times, with gaps to the quickest driver so far, last year's pole
winner, Scott Sharp.

Indy Practice Time Sheet for May 5, First Day of Practice
Thirty drivers ran timed practice laps on the first day of practice
for Indy. Those who were not on the track may regret it; the
forecast for Monday through Wednesday calls for rain and
thunderstorms.

Indianapolis 500 Entry List, with Back-Ups
The last, updated entry list, and a list of back-up cars, detailing
the drivers, teams, sponsors, engines and chassis. The lists are
organized in order of car number.

'Soft' Is a Relative Term
The term ‘soft walls’ is inaccurate, but the cold steel and
polystyrene of the SAFER barrier developed by the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility for the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy Racing League should be a
major improvement in cushioning impacts when compared to unyielding
concrete. How well the new design works remains to be seen, but the
month of May should provide some real-world testing.

Month of May Race and U.S. TV Schedule for the Indianapolis 500
Gentlemen, start your VCRs. For the 86th running of the Indianapolis
500, we provide a complete calendar for the entire month of May, from
first practice to the event itself. Included are a U.S. television
schedule, complete schedules of race events in various time zones,
plus the Internet live timing URL. Later, we'll provide our usual
weekly schedules for the Grands Prix of Austria and Monaco.

The Graveyard Shift
Indecision, it is said, is the key to flexibility, and these days,
CART is nothing if not flexible. Seven months after announcing it
would race modified IRL cars and engines in 2003, CART has failed to
define either in any detail. Faced with economic pressures that
threaten the series' survival, a likely shortage of engine and
chassis suppliers, and an ultimatum from Lola, CART appears to be on
the verge of changing the formula yet again, bolting IRL-style
engines to its current cars. Call it the Graveyard Shift.

Heitzler Sues Patrick, Haas for $140 Million
Joe Heitzler would appear to be on a roll. Fresh from filing a suit
against CART, he's now filed one against directors Pat Patrick and
Carl Haas. For in excess of $140 million. The allegations include
libel and slander, and nefarious acts intended to cause Heitzler's
termination by CART. Just as we were starting to feel ignored, we
found that RaceFax received four mentions in this latest complaint.
Must be our Warholian 15 minutes of fame....

Round Two: Heitzler Sues CART
As we reported earlier, Joe Heitzler has responded to being sued by
CART by filing his own law suit. We provide a synopsis of his suit,
and the full text of the complaint filed with the court in Los
Angeles.

Joe Heitzler: The Suit
Don't take our (or anyone else's) word for it: here's the suit CART
filed against Joe Heitzler, in its entirety. Plus our delicate spin,
of course.

Media & Marketing No. 30 - New Booth Sweeps Clean
Our Robert Duncan looks at the television coverage of the first races
of 2002 in Formula 1, CART and the Indy Racing League, and most likes
what he sees.

Cooking the Ratings Books
Speed Channel has released its eagerly -- if apprehensively --
anticipated first TV ratings for a CART race weekend, but the numbers
are as inaccurate as the anti-ESPN comparison they were used to
justify. Still worse, the new, improved CART validated the
misinformation by also releasing it. Twice.

CART Opens Under the Gun
After a winter of doubt and some turmoil, CART prepares to open the
2002 season with a second visit to Monterrey, a new president, 20 cars
and much to prove.

The More Things Change....
With the Indy Racing League set to kick off its season this weekend,
we take a look at the changes which have taken place over the
off-season, what it means for the 15 races about to unfold and what's
in store at Homestead this weekend.

2002 Race Calendars
A master calendar combining the F1, CART and IRL schedules, with the
U.S. television networks which will broadcast the races.

Race Report File-Naming for 2002
How to decipher the file names for our various race reports this
year, which indicate year, series, race number and the specific
report the file contains (grid sheet, results, etc.). This 'pdf'
will be also be available from the Drivers Aids section of the Web
site on a continuing basis.

Reading the Spanish Tea Leaves
For better or worse -- and there is some of each -- pre-season
testing is done. As the teams depart England and Europe to begin
their eight-month pursuit of the summer sun, we attempt to find
meaning in the lap times, and separate information from
disinformation in hopes of getting a handle on the season which
begins, finally, next weekend.

Saving CART, Part 1: Let the Revolution Begin
Chris Pook was hired to save CART, a task many considered impossible
to accomplish. During the annual Sneak Preview media show, Pook --
with considerable and remarkable support from the beleaguered team
owners -- unveiled the first phase of his plan for CART's
resurrection. That proved to be nothing less than a radical
transformation of the sporting regulations for the season which
begins in less than a month, and the first concrete indication that
the light at the end of the tunnel into which CART has driven itself
may not be an on-rushing train.

Ferrari F2002
Not content to rest on their considerable accumulation of laurels,
Ferrari has unveiled a car which of all the new F1 cars is the most
changed from its predecessor. If it runs the way it looks, 2002 is
going to be a very long season for McLaren and Williams.

Mutually Assured Destruction
American open-wheel racing is in serious decline. Shrinking fields,
aging audiences and diminishing financial support illustrate the fact
that both CART and the Indy Racing League are losing the numbers
game.

Renault Redux
After a 17-year absence, Renault returns to F1 as a full-fledged
entrant. The car looks right, and the engine largely proved itself
last year. Now if they'd just do something about that paint scheme....

Sneaking Up On It
The Williams FW24 is externally little different than the FW23 it
replaces. After a 2001 season which produced four wins, four poles
and eight fastest race laps, that's not surprising, but stagnant
F1 rules are equally responsibile for the evolutionary approach.

All Change at McLaren
The new MP4-17 and its Mercedes-Ilmor engine are clean-sheet-of-paper
designs, meant to carry the fight to Ferrari. By Melbourne, even the
paint scheme will have changed, and with Kimi Raikkonen replacing
Mika Hakkinen, only David Coulthard and the sponsors will be carried
over onto the tracks from 2001.

R3: Jaguar Bids for Respectability
After two years of embarrassing track performances, and a succession
of management and design department changes well suited to a soap
opera script, Jaguar Racing has swapping last year's conservative
approach for a major redesign intended to take them 'closer to the
edge,' not to mention the competition. The major emphasis was on
aerodynamics, but there are significant changes under the skin, as
well, all in a bid for Formula 1 respectability.