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Titolo: [ENG] Jaguar announce 2003 drivers

Source: Motorsport.com F1 News
http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=110409&amp;FS=F1
Jaguar Racing today announced that Brazilian Antonio Pizzonia (22)
andAustralian Mark Webber (26) have signed to compete for the team in the
2003FIA Formula One World Championship. Mark and Antonio replace Eddie
Irvine(36) and Pedro de la Rosa (31). These changes are with immediate
effect.
"I am thrilled to be welcoming Antonio and Mark to Jaguar Racing for
whatpromises to be an exciting and new partnership in Formula One," said
JaguarRacing CEO and Team Principal Niki Lauda. "In Antonio, or 'Jungle
Boy' as hehas been nicknamed, we have a very gifted raw racer who will
undoubtedlyinject a new lease of life into Formula One. His speed and
racing instinctare what attracted us to him and I have little doubt in
his ability toshake-up the establishment in a big way. Mark, on the other
hand, has solidF1 experience and now's his chance to prove exactly what
he's capable of."
"We have two very different characters and I have every intention of
revvingthem up in an effort to extract the maximum from them. Team orders
is notsomething we play by at Jaguar and if anything, these two drivers
will beunder strict instructions to go out and fight each other on the
race track --as well as everyone else, of course! We are red-blooded
racers at Jaguar andfrom what I have seen of Antonio and Mark, I am
confident of seeing a verycompetitive dual next season."
After three seasons with the team, Eddie Irvine (36) makes way for the
newdriver line-up and his valuable contribution to the development and
growthof Jaguar Racing is summed up by Niki: "I cannot thank Eddie enough
for hishard-work and commitment during the last three seasons. He has
been with usright from day one and while there have been some difficult
and challengingperiods to endure, Eddie's resilience and focus remained
throughout. Hisexperience, speed and race craft are exemplary and the
decision to replacehim in no way reflects upon his clear ability as a
competitive racer."
Pedro de la Rosa joined Jaguar Racing in April 2001 and made his debut
forthe team at his home race in Spain. "Pedro has unfortunately struggled
withsome aspects of the programme and in simple terms, it hasn't really
workedout for either party. It's unfortunate, yes, but that's Formula
One. Wewanted to adopt a fresh approach for next year and our strategy is
firmlygeared towards making progress at all levels of the business."
Mark and Antonio first tested the Jaguar R3 in Barcelona earlier this
yearduring an evaluation exercise aimed at exploring the team's options
for the2003 season. At the time, Mark Webber was contesting the season
with the KLMinardi Asiatech Formula One team while Antonio has spent the
2002 seasoncontesting the FIA F3000 Championship. In addition, Antonio
has spent theseason as BMW WilliamsF1 Team test driver alongside Ralf
Schumacher, JuanPablo Montoya and Marc Gene.
Speaking from the States where he is preparing to contest this weekend's
NewYork Marathon, Antonio said: "After having spent a year testing
solidly forBMW WilliamsF1, the logical next step was to secure a race
drive for 2003and to have been given that opportunity by Niki Lauda is
simply fantastic.Jaguar Racing has made considerable progress in recent
months and combinedwith the solid work being undertaken right now, I am
very excited aboutracing for Jaguar next season. My testing role with BMW
WilliamsF1 thisseason has generated over 14,000kms of mileage and my aim
now is to focusthis experience towards helping Jaguar achieve its goals
next season."
"I'm truly excited about racing for Jaguar next season," said Mark. "It
isone of the most emotive and successful names in motor racing and one
thathas a wealth of motorsport heritage. As the latest recruit to join
what is adistinguished line-up of Jaguar drivers from the past, I realise
my rolewill be very important in helping the team succeed. It is a
phenomenallycompetitive time in Formula One right now and given the
intense developmentprogramme Jaguar has in place, it is critical that
Antonio and I helpaccelerate the team's progress over winter so as to be
ready for whatpromises to be a very exciting season given the revised
format of the raceweekend. Having tested with the team at Barcelona
earlier this year and fromvisiting the Jaguar Racing factory, I know
there are a lot of good peopleinvolved with the team and we all know what
we have to deliver next season."
Antonio and Mark will begin testing duties with Jaguar Racing after
thewinter test ban is lifted from 26th November onwards.
-jaguar-
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Una coppia giovane e promettente. 
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 hand, has solidF1 experience and now's his chance to prove exactly what
E' lo stesso Mark che ha corso un anno con la Minardi? A leggere qui sembra
di sentir parlare di Patrese nel 92 !
Ciao,
Luca

 pero' la macchina chi gliela prepara?
gli ingegneri
Penso che la Jag abbia fatto la cosa giusta, una bella mossa tipo Sauber
2001
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 Una coppia giovane e promettente. 
Mah, sì, però anch'io sono perplesso riguardo al cambiare entrambi i
piloti per una scuderia che deve ripartire quasi da zero dopo il
disastro della vettura 2002. Al posto di Lauda io l'Irvine l'avrei
tenuto, anche se ha fatto dichiarazioni molto precise sul fatto che
l'irlandese volesse che tutta la squadra girasse intorno a
lui. Vedremo.
 
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 gli ingegneri
Certo che se sono gli stessi che hanno progettato la vettura 2002 ....
Vecchio discorso quello di ingegneri/collaudatori.
Secondo me uno sport dei motori in cui uno che non abbia mai guidato
possa decidere, con successo, come regolare una vettura da mettere in
pista ha qualcosa di sbagliato. Intendo dire: come fa un ingegnere a
togliere
un po' di sovrasterzo se nessuno gli dice che la macchina ha quel difetto?
Si capisce davvero tutto dalla telemetria? Puo' anche essere.
Ciao,
Luca

 difetto? Si capisce davvero tutto dalla telemetria? Puo' anche essere.
Pizzonia ha fatto due anni il collaudatore Williams
Probabilmente ne sa più di De La Rosa ed Irvine messi insieme
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