Q:
From a driving point of view, has there been a lot of interest from people who want to drive the Jaguar in 2007?
Richard Lloyd:
There is a lot of interest but the key fact is that we have to sell the cars, we aren’t in the business of looking for drivers and deciding which one to run, it is down to the owner of the car, who might be a driver himself, to find someone to drive it. From our point of view, it is building blocks for establishing a business, rather like Prodrive, so we are selling cars to private individuals who will look for drivers. We will run three cars ourselves and we hope to do well.
Q:
In terms of numbers of cars, what do you think we’ll see?
Richard Lloyd:
There’ll be a minimum of three Jaguars in the pitlane at
Silverstone on 5 May and a maximum of six, so that is really where we are. Other championships like the German, Brazilian and Belgian series will take second stage for us because we have to get the
FIA cars built first. Silverstone will be a remarkable event in May because it will be the first time that a production Jaguar has been seen racing, we think, for around 25 years.
Q:
Is this a season that you approach as a development year with an eye on winning in 2008?
Richard Lloyd:
Not really because you have to come out fighting in this series. If you win every race, you’d get weight thrown at you, told to run hard tyres or have the ride height put up and you’d be nowhere, so we’d be very happy if we could win a race – that would be sensational. Our target really is podium finishes and consistency that would push us up the ladder.
